National Fisherman

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a USD 500,000 (EUR 442,000) grant for Alaska’s Southeast Conference to boost mariculture and the blue economy in the state.

USDA commits USD 500,000 to advance Alaska kelp production

January 24, 2022

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute released a report that found the seafood industry contributes USD 5.7 billion annually to Alaska's economy.

Seafood worth USD 5.7 billion to local economies in Alaska

January 18, 2022

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans Wednesday, 12 January to auction more than 480,000 acres in the New York Bight for six new offshore wind energy leases.

Biden’s renewed push for offshore wind rankles fishing groups

January 13, 2022

AquaBounty CEO Sylvia Wulf sent a letter to the Maynard, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based company’s shareholders on Tuesday, 11 January, projecting growth from the company’s investment in genetically engineered salmon.

AquaBounty's stock price decline, staffing challenges not impeding growth, CEO says

January 11, 2022

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has so prioritized offshore wind energy development that it is bypassing real environmental review and failing to consider alternative sites that won’t harm the commercial fishing industry, according to a lawsuit brought by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

US commercial fishing groups fighting offshore wind development push

December 31, 2021

Low production, the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and a flood of product from Canada are depressing the U.S. commercial swordfish market in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

Cheap imports depress US swordfish market

December 30, 2021

A joint effort by U.S. and Canadian researchers confirmed that about 40 percent of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population now spends summer months in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, following a decade-long shift in the whales’ habitat patterns.

Study finds 40 percent of right whales summer in Gulf of Saint Lawrence

December 29, 2021

The Christmas season demand for fresh seafood is giving another jolt to Atlantic sea scallop prices.

Christmas season driving US scallop prices higher

December 24, 2021

The Unangax (Aleut) community of St. Paul Island and St. George Island.

Alaska native community on Saint Paul Island proposes co-managed marine sanctuary

December 20, 2021

With four proposed alternatives on the docket to amend the management of halibut bycatch in Alaska’s Amendment 80 groundfish trawl fleet, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Monday, 13 December, to approve a compromise option.

Council cuts Alaska halibut bycatch caps for groundfish fleet

December 14, 2021