News, articles, photos, and other information about commercial fishing in North America.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will hold a 3-day Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in March to consider options for the conservation and management of Atlantic HMS. At the event, managers will consider alternatives for … Continued
Depending on the availability of funds, NOAA Sea Grant expects to have up to $3,000,000 available for a national competition to fund new FY 2016 aquaculture research projects. The grants are part of a U.S. plan to support the development … Continued
In a new study by NOAA Fisheries, scientists looked at 347 Alaska communities to assess their dependence on marine resources and socio-economic well-being. This is the first time that NOAA Fisheries has used “quantitative” indicators for this type of assessment … Continued
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) has released a series of policy documents focused on non-fishing activities that threaten fish habitat. The documents outline the Council’s positions on five anthropogenic (human) activities: wind energy, offshore oil, marine transport, liquefied natural … Continued
Inland capture fisheries are much more crucial to global food security than realized, according to the first global review of the value of inland fish and fisheries. The article, published recently in Environmental Reviews, showed that although aquaculture and inland … Continued
The third annual Fishackathon will take place on Earth Day weekend from April 22-24, 2016. Fishackathon is a public-private partnership that aims to capitalize on the expansion of mobile phone and internet use across the developing world to address sustainable … Continued