Land: USA

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”.

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.

Commercial fishing groups and environmentalists jointly filed a lawsuit in order to block a state plan to balance fish and farming along two Northern California rivers.

California’s waters have become favourite place for dumping fishing gears as debris piling up in deep-water canyons found.

NOAA’s Fisheries Service is inviting comments on the proposed authorization for Navy Sonar Operations off the coast of the Mariana Islands.