Land: USA

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.

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.

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

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”.

Conference on catch shares urged to start a high-level workshop on the preferred tool of the Obama administration to modernize the regulation of fisheries across America.

Oceans ambassador urged the nation to use study in Arctic in order to manage human activities in the ocean.