Land: USA

NOAA has announced to take steps to promote greater transparency in fisheries law enforcement.

$500 Reward Offered for Returning Whole Tagged Fish

National Fisheries Service has approved sector-based rules for commercial fishing in the Northeast.

Fishermen are now getting the advantage of being a shareholder in the seasonal shrimp harvest off New Hampshire’s seacoast.

Fishing industry is facing tough times as quotas are lowered and fishing days are reduced and now they grow mussels.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s inspector general has scolded NOAA for unfair enforcement of fisheries laws.

In one of the deadliest incidents 12 commercial fishermen died off the coast of New Jersey, says a report.

For December the global ocean surface temperature was the second warmest as recorded by the scientists.

The new regulation could loose the cut in black sea bass limits which bring relief to the local commercial fishermen of Maryland.

Seafood Watch has downgraded its categorization of Pollock fishery from “Best Choice” to “Good Alternative”.