Land: United States

Lobster harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador will be staging an

After five years of continue decline blue crab harvest has picked up and doing well, says the 2008 landings report.

People died on the Lade Mary when it sank due to lack of safety measures prescribed by the Coast Guard.

Public hearings are scheduled to start for Reef Fish Amendment 31/loggerhead sea turtle interactions with reef fish bottom longline gear.

Marine Fisheries releases the landings report for 2008 which shows that the landings rose by 13 percent.

A NOAA satellite search and rescue analyst confirms that Lady Mary’s signal device incorrectly registered.

NOAA Fisheries Service announces the closure of the recreational fishery for red snapper in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico with immediate effect from August 15, 2009 till June 1, 2010, the beginning of the 2010 federal recreational fishing season.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has closed commercial and recreational fishing in area south of Port Sulphur following the discovery of tilapia.

Commercial and recreational fishermen from Maine to North Carolina are united together in their fight to the threat of dogfish sharks.

A series of new regulations introduced by the government may have devastating impact over the already troubled groundfishing industry in Connecticut.