A renewed push to ban bottom trawling in Alaska state waters is gaining traction in Juneau, as lawmakers grapple with ...

A New Jersey Captain and seafood dealer have been sentenced in federal court after NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement ...

The debate mirrors what’s already unfolding in the Gulf of America, where Florida’s state-managed red snapper seasons have ...

Photo courtesy of MFCN As the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday this year, many of us in the fishing and ocean communities ...

According to Alaska Fish News, the first peek at Alaska 2026 statewide salmon forecast indicates a big decline in catches.

The 2026 Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) scallop season came to a close just 12 days after opening, as NOAA Fisheries shut down ...

Getting vessels to convert to electric or hybrid power is kind of a chicken or the egg problem, according to Lia Morris, leader of the Marine Decarbonization program at the Island Institute in ...

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) turns 50 today, marking a milestone for a law that has shaped nearly every aspect of modern U.S. commercial fishing. Signed into law ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has formally requested federal disaster relief for oyster farmers hammered by a severe winter ...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA Fisheries have announced $3.4 million in grants to advance electronic data collection and data modernization across U.S.