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The 40th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place from 17-21 September in Tallinn, Estonia. Delegates from the 12 NAFO Contracting Parties were welcomed to Estonia by the NAFO President, Stéphane Artano, and the Honourable Siim … Continued
In response to a request from Texas Governor Abbott, the Secretary of Commerce has determined that a fishery resource disaster occurred in Texas resulting from the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in response to the request … Continued
In January, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker determined there are commercial fishery failures for nine salmon and crab fisheries in Alaska, California, and Washington. The Commerce Department found that, in recent years, all nine fisheries experienced sudden and unexpected … Continued
NOAA Fisheries has released of its 2017 Biennial IUU Fishing Report to Congress. The report highlights U.S. findings and analyses of foreign IUU fishing activities, bycatch of protected species, and shark catches on the high seas. Ecuador, Mexico, and the … Continued
The 20th annual meeting of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) was held recently in Vilamoura, Portugal. This year more than 600 delegates representing 51 governments gathered to discuss a number of important measures that advance the … Continued
The Government of Canada is inviting Canadians to join in a conversation about the protections needed to ensure our fish have a healthy environment to live, feed and reproduce, and healthy corridors to migrate between these places. In October, the … Continued