Electronic monitoring comes to Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery
While the pollock fishery in the Bering Sea is rationalised, with each vessel/permit holder is allocated a certain catch for the season, the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is open…
Maine fishermen turn to scallop farming
Farming sea scallops in Maine has been developing for about 20 years. It offers new opportunities for former and existing commercial fishermen. Fishermen are facing numerous challenges, including climate change…
Grants to support efficient fisheries data collection and innovation
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced $3.7 million in grants to support data modernisation and electronic data collection in…
Expanding Electronic Reporting Across the Pacific
Observers on the US West Coast are transitioning from paper forms to a more efficient and accurate tablet-based system. NOAA fisheries observers often face a daunting task on commercial fishing…
Climate conditions behind Alaska crab decline
The decline of populations of snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab stocks in Alaska in 2022 have their origins in climatic events, with the red king crab closure…
US agencies launch IUU strategy
A group of US federal agencies has announced a five-year IUU fishing strategy. The 21 agencies involved form the US Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing, chaired by NOAA and…
NOAA initiative targets illegal labour practices
NOAA Fisheries is about to pursue public-private partnerships through CALM-CS to accelerate efforts toward ending forced labour and improving working conditions across the seafood sector. NOAA Fisheries has announced a…
New measures against IUU fishing and forced labour proposed
NOAA has proposed new measures aimed at illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These changes address two key tools, the US Moratorium Protection Act and the international Port States Measures Agreement.…
Fishing vessels at Point Judith, Rhode Island. Image: NOAA
Grant funding for promotion, development, and marketing of US fisheries
NOAA Fisheries has recommended more than $11.8 million for 44 projects under the 2022 Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Grants Programme. The projects fall into two categories, the promotion, development, and marketing and…
Warming ocean triggers Pacific NW squid boom
Market squid have multiplied off the US west coast over the last two decades, especially from San Francisco north into Oregon and Washington in conjunction with warmer ocean waters in…