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Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA make $95 Million Available for Fish Passage as Part of Investing in America Agenda
By noaa.gov. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will facilitate fish conservation efforts. Today, NOAA Fisheries announced two funding opportunities totaling $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to support new fish passage projects, with one focused on tribes. Projects will help protect and restore migrating fish and their habitats, and… SEE MORE
Fishermen File Lawsuit Over Morro Bay Wind Farm
By Carli Stewart. Two commercial fishing groups from San Luis Obispo County have renewed their fight against a planned offshore wind project near Morro Bay, citing concerns about the potential impacts on the region’s fishing industry and marine environment. The Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen's Organization and the Port San Luis Commercial Fishermen… SEE MORE
AI Transforms Fisheries with Stocking, Processing, and Profit Boosts
By Paul Molyneaux. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change fisheries in many ways. The advent of convolutional neural networks (CNN) has dramatically increased the power of computer vision systems used for stock assessments and bycatch monitoring. Other software programs interpret engine data and vessel performance data to increase efficiency and reduce… SEE MORE
Atlantic Herring Still Overfished, Recovery Uncertain
By Carli Stewart. The latest NOAA Fisheries assessment reveals that Atlantic herring, a key species for the Northeast’s fishing industry, remains overfished, though overfishing is no longer occurring. The newest stock assessment includes the latest catch data, survey results, and life history factors. While fishing pressure is under control, the long-term outlook… SEE MORE
Florida Ports Reopen After Hurricane Milton
By nationalfisherman.com. Florida ports swiped by hurricane Milton’s 120 mph winds began limited reopenings after the storm passed. Water rescues continued across the state as rivers continued running high from the rains up to 18”. A fishing boat captain trying to repair his disabled vessel was rescued by a Coast… SEE MORE
The Salty, Sun-Dried Shrimp Paste That Tastes Like Home
By Sumer Rao. A fermented seafood delicacy keeps the Karen people of India connected to their homeland in Myanmar. Our dungi, a six-meter-long dugout canoe, chugs mechanically along the western coastline of India’s North Andaman island. Saw Atto, a veteran shrimp fisher and the captain for this voyage, turns the wooden… SEE MORE
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Quotas Soar by 80 Percent in 2025
By nationalfisherman.com. According to NOAA Fisheries, commercial Pacific bluefin tuna fishermen in the United States will be able to harvest nearly 80 percent more tuna in 2025-2026, thanks to new catch limits set by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. The decision, made in September, follows an encouraging stock assessment by the International… SEE MORE
October 11, 2024 Fishing Back When: Crab Landings Down, First Time in History
By Carli Stewart. For the first time since the birth of the industry, Alaska King crab landings declined in 1967 to 135 million pounds, down 24 million pounds from the 1966 landings. The hardest hit area was Kodiak, where landings decreased by 26% in the course of the year, a… SEE MORE
Record Lobster Seizure Amid Rising DFO Concerns
By Carli Stewart. During a significant operation last Friday, federal fisheries officers seized over 13,000 pounds of lobster from a Shelburne County, Nova Scotia facility. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the seizure—valued at more than $100,000—marks the largest lobster confiscation in the Maritimes this year. The Maritimes is… SEE MORE
Boat of the Month: Outer Fall
By Paul Molyneaux The first time I ever saw Jimmy Tripp was in late 1982. Jimmy had his boat, the Day Star, loaded with big wooden Anderson traps and was heading offshore. It was snowing and the flakes vanished in the water of Spruce Head harbor. Tripp had his head sticking out… SEE MORE
More Indigenous Youth are Learning to Spearfish, a Connection to Ancestors and the Land
By apnews.com. Ganebik Johnson started learning traditional Ojibwe songs when he was about 2 years old. He’d hang around listening to his uncle sing, or observe elders, or even pull up music on YouTube. Spearfishing came shortly after, at around age 7, when his grandfather took him out on a northern Wisconsin… SEE MORE
Huge Mahi Tops 30-Year-Old Record
By Nick Carter. Overnight charter breaks dolphin record that has stood for nearly 30 years. An angler on an overnight tuna and swordfish charter out of Narragansett, Rhode Island, caught the largest mahi-mahi the state has ever seen in late August. Fishing with Maridee Charters, angler Karl Mohr, of New York, battled… SEE MORE
