Land: United States

The consumption of seafood in the United States has gone down slightly in 2007, down 1 percent from the previous year.

The Pew Charitable Trusts has launched a project that is wholly committed to ocean conservation and its species.

Grocers prefer new standards for the farmed fish and shrimps as the demand of sustainable fish increases.

The fishing regulators of USA have approved new fishing net saying that it would boost haddock haul more efficiently than before.

University of British Columbia recommends that fuel subsidies should be spent on re-training fishers as it would boost the fishing industry.

Invasive species in Great Lakes causes $ 200 million each year to commercial fishing as well as recreational.

Commercial salmon fishing has hampered due to overfishing while changes in farm fishing could keep salmon going on.

All the crews were safely evacuated from a deep-sea fishing vessel after smoke fills engine room of the vessel.

The US government has retooled the rules of commercial fishing that will govern the Coat Guard through 2012.

In the Coghill District the fishermen were advised to keep shipping lane traffic and respond to radio warnings.