Land: United States

The USDA Panel has decided to accept the recommendations to exclude the fish meal derived from wild caught fish from the production of organic seafood.

California Governor Schwarzenegger announced to take necessary steps to address impacts of salmon fishery closures.

As diesel prices continue to rise many commercial fishermen of South Mississippi find it hard to go for fishing.

The Bush administration has given green signal to oil and gas drilling in an area of the Bering Sea considered important for the recovery of the world’s most endangered whale.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has planned to allow S.E. charters to lease halibut quota to end allocation disputes.

Many lobstermen from Downeast Maine expressed their desire to get rid of miles of the rope at the Ellsworth Exchange.

Charter boats and commercial fishermen are going to be affected as chinook’s harvest quota being reduced from this year.

Offshore oil and gas drilling throughout Alaska’s fishery-rich Bristol Bay could destroy the commercial and recreational fishing in the region.

Local fishermen from Monterey to Santa Cruz brace for another season of no salmon fishing as the season could be closed for the year.

The state chapter of the Recreational Fishing Alliance has urged the government to put ban on fishing nets in non-coastal waters.