California’s commercial salmon fishing season has been canceled for the third consecutive year, marking an unprecedented halt ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is directing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction activity on Equinor’s ...

According to Spinrad, the layoffs threaten the stability of the U.S. fishing industry, which relies heavily on NOAA’s data ...

In a significant enforcement action, a commercial fishing vessel operating out of Westport, Washington, has been apprehended ...

With the U.S. still importing the bulk of its scallops, this kind of research may prove key in scaling domestic production.

To safeguard the future of the Bay State’s commercial fishing sector, Massachusetts officially convened its first Commercial ...

The 70-foot Miss Tiffanie, a Delta Marine Industries boat built in 1982, is at anchor in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On its 2021 ...

The Limited Entry Act was created to manage open-access chaos. When Alaska gained statehood in 1959, there were no limits to who could fish. This led to ballooning participation, and by the early ...

The coastwide “total removals” of halibut allowed for 2025 is 29.72 million pounds, a drop of 15.76 percent from 2024. For ...

Alaska’s commercial fishing industry is facing a perfect storm of poor markets, low prices, and rising barriers of entry, but ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, kicked off its annual maintenance dredging in Grays Harbor on ...

The physical toll of commercial fishing is another major factor. The job is demanding, leading to chronic pain, fatigue, and ...