Land: United States

Nearly 530 Maryland crabbing licences are retired under buyback programme, confirms the Department of Natural Resources.

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. announced its GlobalGap tilapia certification.

The closures of vast portions of the South Atlantic fishery could make hundreds jobless and take local seafood off the table.

Anthony Merchant, 49, of Machias, was pleaded guilty for illegally signing more than $22,000 worth of checks.

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) programme for Gulf of Mexico grouper and tilefish has been announced.

A big, police authorized rally protesting the catch share system on the New England commercial fisheries is scheduled to take place today 10/30/2009 in Gloucester Massachusetts.

Suffolk authority has commissioned a study to press for more equitable fishing quotas for New York State.

US first tuna farm in Honolulu has been approved by Hawaii regulators, confirms a report.

Alaska fishing industry is waiting for sea lion report to impose new fishing rules, sasy a report.

NOAA’s FSV-6 is serving SWFSC research well replacing the old David Starr Jordan for better work.