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…
Fewer risks with catch share management
Over the last twenty years, NOAA Fisheries has adopted catch share (individual quota) management for eight US fisheries. A new study examines how the flexibility offered by this can make…
US authorises Satlink EM system
Spanish technology company Satlink has been authorised by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to supply its electronic monitoring (EM) system to the US fishing fleet. The federal agency…
Covid-related decline in US fishing and seafood in 2020
NOAA Fisheries has released a report analysing the effects of Covid-19 on the US seafood industry and for-hire fishing sector for 2020. The U.S. Seafood Industry and For-Hire Sector Impacts…
A halibut catch at St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak, Alaska
Million dollar fine for Alaska fisherman
Kodiak fisherman James Aaron Stevens was sentenced earlier this month to a six-month term in a federal prison and a $1 million fine after being found guilty of falsely labelling catches. The…
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Taiwan seeks consultation with US on IUU fishing
Responding to the NOAA 2021 report on Improving International Fisheries Management, the Fisheries Agency of Taiwan has stated that it will initiate the consultation with the US, alongside an investigation…