National Fisherman

Sudden shortages and escalating prices for oysters are a result of Hurricane Ida hitting the Gulf of Mexico.

Aftereffects of Hurricane Ida still being felt by Louisiana’s oyster-growers

October 11, 2021

Lackluster salmon returns and some fishery closures have Alaskan fishermen wondering about their future.

Amid closures and stratifying salmon runs, Alaskans question fishery management process

October 11, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, 8 October, reinstated all restrictions to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

Biden restores Northeast Canyons marine monument

October 8, 2021

Dungeness crabbers on the U.S. West Coast are celebrating a bounce-back season.

Frozen stocks of Dungeness crab down before peak US sales time

October 7, 2021

A huge cohort of tanner crab that biologists have been tracking in the Westward region for three years showed up again in this summer’s survey.

Optimism mounts for a strong Gulf of Alaska tanner crab season

September 27, 2021

The 2020-2021 stone crab harvest in the U.S. state of Florida appears to have improved.

Florida’s stone crabbers look forward to good year, despite shorter season

September 23, 2021

NOAA damage assessment imagery has revealed some of the damage dealt by Hurricane Ida to the seafood industry in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Louisiana begins long, slow recovery from Hurricane Ida

September 10, 2021

A squid swimming underwater

Better catches and prices for squid recorded on US West Coast

September 7, 2021

Last year, the groundfish market in the U.S. Northeast was off by as much as 65 percent compared to 2019, but the situation is improving.

US Northeast groundfish market in flux due to pandemic, labor shortages

September 6, 2021

Commercial fishermen are pitching in the help scientists map out the effects of red tides in Florida.

Florida fishermen work with NMFS to track red tide

September 6, 2021