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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The creation of a national seafood marketing council for the United States has moved a step closer with Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi introducing the Seafood Marketing Act of 2022, co-sponsored…

30th September 2022

US seafood council return

30th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Sea Grant has allocated approximately US$ 14 million in federal funding across four strategic areas for improving US aquaculture. 

26th September 2022

Millions for US aquaculture

26th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has identified a new way to deliver more timely genetic information to help resource managers and fishermen in their effort to reduce the salmon bycatch in commercial groundfish fisheries.

31st August 2022

Alaska bycatch boost

31st August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

US-based non-profit organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has confirmed the appointment of Aisla Jones as a Partnership Programme Director.

22nd July 2022

Exec incomings at SFP

22nd July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The new National Security Memorandum (NSM) issued by US President Joe Biden to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related harmful fishing practices is a step in the right direction…

30th June 2022

Biden IUU plan ‘not enough’

30th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Notice of Intent in the Federal Register announcing the preparation of the Gulf of Mexico Aquaculture Opportunity Area Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

7th June 2022

New US aqua prospect

7th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A final rule to modify the annual US quota and sub-quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna as well as the annual US North Atlantic albacore tuna (northern albacore) quota have been announced by…

1st June 2022

US tuna quota changes

1st June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Notice of Intent in the Federal Register announcing the preparation of the Southern California Aquaculture Opportunity Area Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

24th May 2022

California farming prospect

24th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood consumption in the United States slipped to 19 pounds or 8.6kg per capita in 2020, according to new data compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).

17th May 2022

Americans eat less fish

17th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

US fishermen and fish catches were hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two new fishery status updates released by NOAA Fisheries have confirmed.

16th May 2022

US counts cost of COVID

16th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has announced that in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the United States’ trade status with Russia has been significantly downgraded and that imports of Russian seafood and…

14th March 2022

Biden bans Russian seafood

14th March 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The development of efficient, cost-effective light-emitting diode (LED) technology has led to a growing list of innovative residential and industrial applications. With NOAA Fisheries’ By-catch Reduction Engineering Programme funding, researchers have found…

17th February 2022

Lights, camera, by-catch

17th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Atlantic deepsea red crab quota has been set at 2,000 tonnes for the 2022 fishing year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed. This is the same quota…

10th February 2022

Red crab catch limits

10th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

New supervisors have been appointed to lead NOAA survey teams monitoring bottom-dwelling fish and crabs

20th December 2021

New supervisors to lead NOAA survey teams

20th December 2021