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Lights, Camera, Seafood! Bertha Fontaine and the Fisheries Test Kitchen
By Noaa.gov, noaa.gov. The scene: Boxy television cameras point toward a brightly lit table. Plates of meticulously styled seafood ingredients sit between charming decorations. With her hair in a voluminous bouffant, an energetic woman in a neat dress and a long strand of pearls speaks to the camera in a… SEE MORE
Meet Alaska Sea Greens: Farmers, Fishers, and Homesteaders on Kodiak Island
By Fisheries.Noaa.Gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. If you want to visit Kodiak Island in Alaska, you have two options. You can take a flight from Anchorage, about 250 miles away, or take the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry from Homer, which takes about 10 hours. Kodiak is stunningly beautiful and very remote. For the… SEE MORE
Meet The Great Marsh Shellfish Company, Oyster Growers in Massachusetts
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. When you farm shellfish on Massachusetts’ beautiful coastal marshes, the world is your oy-stah! At least according to Brenden Doyle, a Gloucester native with family roots in Massachusetts’ commercial and recreational fishing industry. He spent his childhood boating and fishing around Cape Ann and learning about the… SEE MORE
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2025 "Best Harbor" Contest Winners Announced
The People Have Spoken: Block Island Wins Again! Grand Winner, Best Harbor in the U.S. for 2025: Block Island, RI Last year’s Grand Winner for Best Harbor in the U.S., Block Island, RI, took home the prize again for 2025. This year saw a record number of votes cast for over… Learn More
Port of Everett Marina: A Complete Guide to the West Coast's Largest Public Marina
By Dawn Anderson, best4boats. With 2,300 slips and over 3,000 acres of waterfront — more than half open to the public — the Port of Everett Marina in Washington State has quietly grown into one of the Pacific Northwest’s most complete boating destinations. A thorough new guide from Best4Boats covers… SEE MORE
Squid Jigging From Boats and Piers: A Boater's Guide to Catching Your Own Calamari
By best4boats.com, Norris Comer. Squid jigging is one of the more accessible — and entertaining — pursuits available to boaters and pier anglers along the Pacific coast, yet it remains an underappreciated fishery for many recreational boaters. With research suggesting global squid populations are actually booming due to reduced competition… SEE MORE
New Atlas Identifies Potential Opportunities for Aquaculture in Gulf of Alaska
By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. NOAA published today the Atlas for Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs)offsite link, identifying 77 locations that may be suitable for sustainable shellfish and seaweed aquaculture operations in the Gulf of Alaska. This effort is part of NOAA’s commitment to prioritize American seafood competitiveness while strengthening the nation’s seafood industry,… SEE MORE
Emergency Groundfish Rule Keeps Fleet Fishing as Species Prove More Abundant
By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. New science prompts emergency changes giving fleet more flexibility. The West Coast groundfish fleet will benefit from a new emergency rule increasing catch limits for three key species that have proved more abundant than previously thought. West Coast groundfish make up the largest fishery by volume on the West… SEE MORE
U.S. secures major win for bluefin tuna fishery at 2025 ICCAT annual meeting
By noaa.gov, Published in noaa.gov. The United States delegation to the 2025 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Seville, Spain, secured the largest single-year increase in U.S. bluefin tuna quota in the history of the fishery. U.S. negotiators, led by NOAA’s Principal Deputy Assistant… SEE MORE
New Jersey Exceeds Goals for Shell Recycling Program Expansion
By coast.noaa.gov, Published in coast.noaa.gov. Despite rising water temperatures, disease, and other challenges, an oyster reef in New Jersey’s Mullica River holds fast as one of the last self-sustaining populations along the state’s Atlantic coast. Historically abundant on the East Coast, oysters have experienced a major decline in the last… SEE MORE
Celebrating Aquaculture Week: Farming from Tide to Table
By fisheries.noaa.gov. Aquaculture Week 2025 offers a chance to learn how marine aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is vital for supporting our nation’s seafood production and jobs on the water, enhancing coastal resilience, and more. National Aquaculture Week celebrates increasing access to fresh seafood while protecting coastal resources. Seafood farming, if done responsibly… SEE MORE
Aquaculture Opportunity Areas bolster America-first seafood production
By noaa.gov. Areas identified in Gulf of America and off California coast will drive American jobs, sustainable seafood farming. As part of NOAA’s commitment to prioritizing American seafood competitiveness, the agency has identified 13 Aquaculture Opportunity Areas totaling more than 21,000 acres in U.S. federal waters of the Gulf of America and… SEE MORE
Alaska's Aquaculture Challenges Highlight Infrastructure Needs for Remote Harbor Operations
By fisheries.noaa.gov. Alaska’s oyster farming challenges highlight critical infrastructure gaps in Southeast Alaska’s harbor facilities and maritime networks supporting remote aquaculture operations. Alaska’s expanding oyster farming industry faces unique operational challenges that mirror broader issues affecting harbor facilities and maritime logistics in extreme northern environments. These constraints have significant implications… SEE MORE
U.S. Champions Sustainable Tuna Fisheries in Eastern Pacific, Boosting American Fishermen and Conservation
By noaa.gov. The United States took a bold leadership role last week at the annual Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) meeting, driving innovative measures to sustainably manage tuna fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Under the guidance of NOAA’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, Andrew Lawler, the U.S.… SEE MORE
NOAA Fisheries Seeks Recommendations for Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
By fisheries.noaa.gov. A 45-day public comment period in support of the recent Executive Order is open until October 14, 2025. NOAA Fisheries wants to make sure more American seafood gets on American plates. We’re inviting the public to share input on how to help make that a reality. On April… SEE MORE
NOAA Fisheries Bolsters American Seafood Industry with New Import Provisions
By noaa.gov. Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions ensure foreign fisheries meet U.S. standards of excellence NOAA Fisheries today announced robust comparability findings under Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) import provisions, reinforcing America’s leadership in sustainable seafood production. The agency issued full comparability findings for 89 nations and partial comparability… SEE MORE
