A 54-year-old commercial fisherman from Stonington, Connecticut, who was reported missing from a vessel at the Stonington ...

The coast-wide commercial catch f or 2026 totals 19.32 million pounds, down from 19.7 million pounds in 2025. The Commission voted to hand over the controversial decision regarding a proposal for a ...

The lawsuit centers on the Industry-Funded Monitoring (IFM) rule introduced by NOAA Fisheries in 2020. The rule requires ...

Senate Bill No. 414 states “that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) shall, on or after February 1, 2027, take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Commonwealth’s ...

Within the Commerce, Justice, Science portion of the bill, Murkowski focuses on strengthening Alaska’s fisheries amid ...

Image taken on April 25, 1998, shows the coccolithophore bloom in the Bering Sea. The greenish color is caused by the high concentration of phytoplankton. Photo courtesy of NASA Environmental threats ...

The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), in partnership with the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT), is seeking applicants for its Crew Training Program ahead of the 2026 fishing ...

The fishing vessel Quantum ran aground near Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 21, 2026. The crewmembers were transferred to emergency medical services with no reported injuries. U.S. Coast Guard photo. Two ...

Opening a can of worms may prove the answer to a salmon fishery researcher's question, especially dead anisakid, roundworms found in old cans of wild Alaska salmon. Results of the ...

The Inuksuk II in Igaluit, Nunavit, Canada, for its official christening on July 29, 2025. The vessel had arrived in Newfoundland months earlier, but had to wait for the ice-out in the north before it ...

The Great Lakes region has effectively ended the practice of landfilling fish “waste” generated by the commercial fishing ...