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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate have reintroduced legislation designed to tackle the problem of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. “IUU fishing is rife with human rights abuses and is bad for maritime security, the global economy, and Virginia’s seafood industry,” U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee covering transnational criminal activity, said in a statement.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
Oregon’s congressional delegation has asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to quickly declare a fishery disaster for the state’s 2024 commercial salmon fishery after another disappointing season. “This declaration is critical to provide economic relief to Oregon’s fisheries and coastal communities in addition to protecting the sustainability of wild salmon populations.
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1 week ago | 
nationalfisherman.com | Nathan Strout
State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in the hopes of reducing the risk vertical lines pose to whales. “These proposed regulations are instrumental in advancing conservation efforts around whale entanglements,” Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Coastal Marine Fisheries Whale Entanglement coordinator Megan Hintz said in February, when the changes were first proposed.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
The U.S. state of California’s commercial salmon fishery will remain closed for a third year in a row due mostly to low abundance fall Chinook runs in both the Klamath River and Sacramento River. “A third year without fishing is a serious blow to California’s commercial salmon fleet,” Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association President George Bradshaw said in a statement.
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1 week ago | 
savingseafood.org | Nathan Strout |Seafood Source
April 16, 2025 — U.S. regulators were forced to close the Northern Gulf of Maine scallop fishery less than two weeks into the season as fishers wait for the Trump administration to approve new quotas. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) approved new scallop quotas for the 2025/2026 seasons under Amendment 39 in December 2024, establishing a quota for the Northern Gulf of Maine federal fishery of 675,563 pounds for 2025 and a quota of 506,672 pounds for 2026.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
A new commission established to improve support for the seafood sector in the U.S. Massachusetts met for the first time 8 April. The Massachusetts state legislature created the Massachusetts Commercial Fisheries Commission in 2022 to develop strategies and tools for promoting the sustainability of the state’s commercial fishing industry – from harvesting and processing to sales and distribution.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
U.S. regulators were forced to close the Northern Gulf of Maine scallop fishery less than two weeks into the season as fishers wait for the Trump administration to approve new quotas. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) approved new scallop quotas for the 2025/2026 seasons under Amendment 39 in December 2024, establishing a quota for the Northern Gulf of Maine federal fishery of 675,563 pounds for 2025 and a quota of 506,672 pounds for 2026.
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1 week ago | 
savingseafood.org | Nathan Strout |Seafood Source
April 15, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has named a new head of NOAA Fisheries, the agency charged with managing the nation’s commercial fisheries, even as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump plans on slashing the regulator’s budget and moving its functions to the U.S. Department of Interior. On 14 April, the government announced that former commercial fisherman and officeholder Eugenio Piñeiro Soler will serve as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has named a new head of NOAA Fisheries, the agency charged with managing the nation’s commercial fisheries, even as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump plans on slashing the regulator’s budget and moving its functions to the U.S. Department of Interior. On 14 April, the government announced that former commercial fisherman and officeholder Eugenio Piñeiro Soler will serve as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries.
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1 week ago | 
seafoodsource.com | Nathan Strout
Mexico law enforcement detained five fishers for illegally catching endangered totoaba as part of an effort to crack down on the illegal practice and avoid international sanctions. The arrests were the result of a joint surveillance operation between the Mexican Navy, the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Mexico’s fishing authority – the National Commission for Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca).
