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The 2016 Louisiana spring shrimp season opened on Monday, May 23, according to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. The Commission set the spring shrimp season dates based on information provided by agency biologists and on public comments. Louisiana … Continued
90th Meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) June 27 – July 1, 2016 La Jolla, California, USA The 90th IATTC meeting and the meetings of the AIDCP will be held from 20 June to 01 July 2016, in … Continued
In May, Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard announced that the Government of Canada is investing $289 million in small craft harbours across the country in 2016 – 2017. The announcement includes $32 million of … Continued
Despite record amounts of rainfall in October 2015, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists are predicting a productive year for shrimping, with models predicting the largest roe white shrimp crop since 1979. The commercial shrimp trawling season opened … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently released its annual report, Fisheries Economics of the U.S., 2014. The ninth volume in the annual series, the report is intended to provide the public with economic information about U.S. commercial and recreational fishing activities and fishing-related … Continued
A recent stock assessment of the Pacific bluefin tuna population suggests that the stock was still quite low in 2014, but up from 2012 numbers. The Pacific Bluefin Tuna Working Group of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like … Continued