Land: United States

The risk for sea turtles is running high and so the federal regulators mull fishing curbs, says a federal report.

Mark Vinsel, executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska,

Federal authority has proposed a food tracking system legislation which exempted commercial fishing boats.

Commercial fishing on the eastern side of Cook Inlet is likely to be close due to less catch.

NOAA’s Fisheries Service has proposed to ban the gillnet shark gear in order to rebuild sharks populations.

The lobster season in Massachusetts is so good this time at the lobstermen have no time to take a break this summer.

The biotechnology company Aker BioMarine shipped 15 metric tons (MT) of Superba Krill to the US market in the second quarter of 2009. Of this tonnage, 4.8 MT were sales recorded in the second quarter.

Fishermen were accused of poaching in Channel Islands sanctuary and were fined $10,000 as per new federal law.

The Coast Guard has found illegal arms and ammunition along with drugs in a grounded fishing vessel near the Southport Harbor.

The numbers of Fraser River sockeye is going drastically down due to over fishing.