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Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - How 10 billion snow crab vanished from Alaskan waters and what it means for the seafood industry

KODIAK, Alaska — A quiet early October day on the bay in Kodiak, Alaska looks idyllic, but it's a problem for local fishermen.

Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - EPA fines largest at-sea Alaska pollock processor nearly $1M for Clean Water Act violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined one of Alaska’s biggest fishing companies nearly $1 million for Clean Water Act violations.

Coastwide
Fisheries

USA - Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California's crab fishermen

Sometimes simple solutions are better. It all depends on the nature of the problem. For humpback whales, the problem is the rope connecting a crab trap on the seafloor to the buoy on the surface. And for fishermen, it's fishery closures caused by whale entanglements.

Hawaii & Alaska
Fisheries

AK - NOAA: 10 killer whales were caught in Alaska trawl fishing gear this year

NOAA is evaluating data collected on 10 killer whales, also known as orcas, incidentally caught in Alaska by Bering Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish trawl fisheries this year.

Caribbean
Fisheries

Caribbean - Off the reef and on the menu: fishers in the Caribbean wage war on the invasive lionfish

The lionfish has spread across reef ecosystems in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, where it feeds on eggs, small fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Northeast
Fisheries

MA - NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering whether to outline a “habitat area of particular concern’ in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England.

Northeast
Fisheries

NH - From the Gulf of Maine to a tin can: A glimpse into high-end tuna production on NH's coast

Rather than sell his bluefin to a wholesaler, where cuts may end up in a fishmonger’s display case, or as toro on a sushi menu, Connell is doing something that nobody else in the U.S. is apparently doing.

Northeast
Fisheries

MA - New England fishermen challenge constitutionality of US fishery management councils

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) has sued the U.S government, alleging that the regional fisheries management councils used by NOAA Fisheries are unconstitutional.

Northeast
Fisheries

MA - Draft management plan for Northeast Canyons marine monument

President Biden reversed the Trump administration executive order that would have permitted commercial fishing to continue in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.