Groundfish fishery enters MSC assessment process Fish News EU September 3, 2010 The United States West Coast limited entry groundfish trawl fishery yesterday entered full assessment in the Marine ...

Pollock fishers have new salmon bycatch program NOAA Fisheries By Julie Speegle August 30, 2010 Juneau, AK-Fishers trawling for pollock in the Bering Sea will have new guidelines beginning next ye...

NOAA reopens significant area of Gulf to fishing WDSU News August 28, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to c...

White sturgeon's numbers are dwindling in the Delta Lodi News-Sentinel By Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato August 24, 2010 The wardens carry guns, their chests bulging a bit more than normal, a telltale...

Draft bill for sustainable fishing approved FIS By Analia Murias August 23, 2010 The Council of Ministers have approved a Draft Sustainable Fisheries Act, which aims to achieve rational, responsib...

Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement comes into force FIS By Mauritius August 23, 2010 The Government of Mauritius has ratified the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), allowing...

Fisheries group wants less severe restrictions Anchorage Daily News By Elizabeth Bluemink August 21, 2010 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is urging federal regulators to consider less...

Fisheries council meets to consider Steller sea lions KTUU News By Lori Tipton August 17, 2010 The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is holding a special meeting in Anchorage this week on...

Judge rules against green groups in aquaculture suit FIS August 18, 2010 A federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled against three environmental groups that were trying to sue a management plan for o...

Bluefin tuna on verge of extinction! Examiner By Nick Doms August 13, 2010 The population of the bluefin tuna is dropping at a rapid pace, given the continued increase in worldwide demand and cons...

Proposal to cut overfishing approved FIS By Natalia Real August 12, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Fisheries Service (NMFS) has approved a Pacific Fishery Manage...

Washington, Oregon test new fishing gear on Columbia OPB News By Anna King August 11, 2010 The fish and wildlife departments of Oregon and Washington are teaming up to study new fish nets on the l...

NOAA approves reform of West Coast fish harvest The San Francisco Chronicle By Phuong Le August 10, 2010 NOAA's Fisheries Service on Tuesday approved a new approach to managing the harvest of cert...

Fishy circumstances muddle menhaden's fate The Baltimore Sun By Candus Thomson July 31, 2010 It doesn't take a crystal ball filled with filthy Chesapeake Bay water to realize that when it comes to...

Parts of Louisiana fishing ground reopened Red Orbit July 31, 2010 Louisiana said that it has reopened wide swaths of state fishing ground that were closed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil sp...

Coastal salmon fishing is good-news, bad-news situation The Statesman Journal July 28, 2010 Special regulations go into effect Sunday for anglers pursuing fall Chinook salmon on coastal rivers and...

UK retains Spanish vessel thought to be overfishing FIS By Analia Murias July 28, 2010 UK authorities have held a fishing vessel, Coyo Tercero, from Ribeira, A Coruña, captive for almost 20 days....

Iceland wants to stay out of EU fishing policy Businessweek By Stephanie Fleming July 27, 2010 Iceland opened membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday, saying it wants to sit "at the fa...

Looking for transparency in efforts to protect ocean Daily Breeze By Jim Martin July 26, 2010 Environmental groups, long the champions of upholding the California Environmental Quality Act, have i...

Alaska asks fishermen to reduce catch CBC News July 20, 2010 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is asking Americans fishing in the Yukon River to voluntarily reduce the number of chinook salmo...

Obama to launch ocean initiative The Los Angeles Times By Jim Tankersley July 19, 2010 Reporting from Washington - President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for Amer...

DFO plans new rules to police salmon farming Vancouver Sun By Scott Simpson July 13, 2010 The Department of Fisheries and Oceans expects to spend upwards of $8 million a year on a new program to m...

Local fishermen uncertain about the industry's future Ventura County Reporter By Shane Cohn July 1, 2010 It was as easy as hook, line and sinker. A captain would ready his boat, navigate the chann...

Rockfish program signals shift in state fisheries policy Alaska Journal of Commerce By Andrew Jensen June 25, 2010 The Alaska delegation to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council signaled ...

Low catches shake up tuna firms FIS June 24, 2010 The Ecuadorian fleet fished 44,365 tonnes of tuna in the first five months of the year, 12.4 per cent less than in same period of 2009, when 50,68...

Impact feared on gulf's deep-water fish The New York Times By Andrew W. Lehren and Justin Gillis June 23, 2010 Fearing that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will deal a severe blow to the bluef...

Unshackling fisheries entrepreneurship: catch shares Oregon Live By Michael Harte and Gil Sylvia June 21, 2010 Contrary to the assertion of Astrid Scholz, the roll-out of "catch shares" as a major...

Fish face-off High Country News By Lee Van Der Loo June 21, 2010 The heart of tiny Astoria, Ore., lies hidden behind the weather-beaten buildings of its gritty industrial waterfront. Docks line th...

Fish and Game halts Russian River setnet program KTUU News By Lori Tipton June 20, 2010 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is stopping a cost-recovery setnet program on the Russian River. Th...

Save the Stanislaus River Manteca Bulletin By Jeff Shields and Steve Knell June 13, 2010 Both the South San Joaquin and the Oakdale Irrigation Districts are in a fight for their lives against the ...

Catch shares program takes off amid concerns FIS June 10, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently launched a programme that will entitle the nation's USD 4 billion...

Red-snapper ban heads to vote this week News-Journal By Dinah Voyles Pulver June 8, 2010 A dozen Volusia County boat captains and fishermen were among dozens who sat down Monday night with federal...

Kenai River in Alaska closed for king salmon fishing The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa June 7, 2010 Those who planned a fishing trip up to Soldotna, Alaska to fish the famed Kenai River for king sal...

Turtles threatened by longline fishery CBC News May 26, 2010 Ecologists say the world's leading certifier of sustainably caught seafood would set a dangerous precedent if it put its stamp of appro...

Conference on saving world's fish stocks opens UN News Centre May 24, 2010 A five-day conference on fish conservation opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York today amid warnings that thr...

World's oceans could be depleted of fish in 40 years NY Daily News By Nick Klopsis May 18, 2010 The world's oceans may be completely depleted of fish in 40 years if action is not taken to replenis...

‘Greening' global fisheries could boost fish stocks UN Daily News May 17, 2010 An $8 billion investment annually in rebuilding and ‘greening' the world's fisheries could both increase fish ca...

Fishing needs ecosystem focus Science Alert April 30, 2010 A new, less selective approach to commercial fishing is needed to ensure the ongoing productivity of marine ecosystems and to maintain bi...

Protecting groundfish VOA News April 27, 2010 Groundfish are fish species that live on or near the body of water they inhabit. The United States Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmos...

Millions of marine turtles killed by fisheries Mongabay By Jeremy Hance April 6, 2010 Humankind's appetite for seafood has had a bigger impact on the world's marine turtles than long thought. A ne...

House committee chairman kills ban on shark fins Hawaii News April 1, 2010 A state House committee chairman has deferred legislation that would have prohibited the harvesting, possession, distribu...

Fishermen weigh salmon options The World March 30, 2010 COOS BAY - Commercial and recreational fishermen are split on several options the Pacific Fishery Management Council has laid out for the up...

New law will end a 60-year fishing tradition The Oregonian By Dana Tims March 28, 2010 Most Fridays for the past year, Sonny Nguyen has packed up his wife, kids and fishing gear, backed out of hi...

Protection of fish stocks essential Gulf News March 29, 2010 The importance of maintaining proper control over fish stocks off the coastal waters of the UAE is a primary concern for officials from...

CITES turns down most bids to reel in shark overfishing WWF March 23, 2010 Governments of a United Nations meeting on wildlife trade today voted against better international trade controls for fiv...

Rule aims to limit accidental salmon catch KTUU News By Mary Pemberton March 23, 2010 A federal agency said Tuesday that a program could be in place by next year limiting the number of king salmon...

Progress is being made: ocean ecosystems NOAA News March 22, 2010 A new NOAA report shows that the last decade has been a period of progress in rebuilding depleted fish stocks, sustaining many fis...

Commercial fishery called off - again The Oregonian By Bill Monroe March 22, 2010 Spring chinook salmon numbers improved dramatically over last week's in gill-net test fishing Sunday, but for the ...

UN rejects ban on tuna Red Orbit March 18, 2010 Proposed bans of the exporting of a critically endangered species of tuna and the trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws were defeated United Na...

Fish and Wildlife adopts Oregon halibut seasons Bandon Western World March 18, 2010 The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission last week adopted 2010 halibut regulations and also received a preview o...

Bluefin tuna trade ban gains European Union backing BBC News By Richard Black March 10, 2010 The bloc has agreed to back a motion for a ban during next week's meeting of the Convention on Interna...

Commission improves shark protection measures FIS March 10, 2010 Steps were taken by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at its 14th annual meeting last week for the protection of the fish sto...

Salmon fishery doubtful for 2010 Granite Bay Press Tribune By George deVilbiss March 9, 2010 For a couple of years now, there has been no offshore salmon fishery for any recreational, sport angler...

Herring fishery could close by 2012 Times Herald-Record By Adam Bosch March 8, 2010 An interstate commission has told New York and 14 other states to outlaw herring fishing, a staple of the Hudson...

Halibut managers seek ways to study bycatch Juneau Empire By Klas Stolpe March 4, 2010 As the commercial halibut season prepares to open Saturday, running through Nov. 15, fishery managers are sti...

Fisherman worried about red snapper ban Carolina Live By Joel Allen March 3, 2010 Grand Strand fishermen are fighting a proposal they say could put them out of business. A federal agency may close...

U.S. backs efforts to ban trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna The Washington Post By Juliet Eilperin March 3, 2010 The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it supports prohibiting international tra...

If fisheries float your boat, speak up now Anchorage Daily News By Laine Welch February 27, 2010 Many of the big decisions that affect our fishing industry are made by people who are far away and ...

Net loss possible in Bahamas ESPN February 27, 2010 A commercial Bahamian purse seine netting operation is attempting to obtain permits to begin operating in the islands of the Bahamas for yellowf...

Fishermen rally in Washington for the right to fish Fish News EU February 25, 2010 A ‘UNITED WE FISH' rally at Capitol Hill in Washington drew a crowd of several thousand brought together by the...

Stakeholder group considers marine protected areas The Log February 20, 2010 The California Department of Fish and Game has announced the appointment of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) North...

Japan plans to ignore any ban on bluefin tuna The New York Times By Divid Jolly February 19, 2010 Japan will not join in any agreement to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna under the...

International agreement to help protect sharks Sustainable Business February 18, 2010 A new landmark agreement to counteract the alarming decline of sharks was concluded on Friday under the auspic...

Group eyes ban on commercial gillnets Statesman Journal By Henry Miller February 18, 2010 A top official with the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) said Wednesday that the sponsors hope to re...

NMFS leadership pick a slap in face to fishing industry The Salem News February 17, 2010 It's been obvious that the new head of the National Marine Fisheries Service would have to grapple with ver...

Push to ban trade in endangered bluefin tuna The Observer By Robin McKie February 14, 2010 It was one of the most expensive fish ever sold. A few weeks ago, a giant bluefin tuna achieved a price o...

Companies push hard to halt tuna collapse By Stephen Leahy February 8, 2010 In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible ...

Recreational fishing in federal waters Honolulu Advertiser By Christie Wilson February 3, 2010 Many of the estimated 192,000 Hawai'i residents who fish in federal waters for food or sport are requ...

Sardine industry banking on warmer seas Business World By Darwin T. Wee February 1, 2010 While most businesses in the agriculture sector are bracing for the negative impact of El Niño this year,...

Halibut catch limits released Juneau Empire By Kim Marquis January 31, 2010 Commercial fishermen in Southeast Alaska will be allowed to take 4.4 million pounds of halibut this year, the internatio...

Playing Now: "Return of the Vanished Red Snappers" Florida Sportsman January 31, 2010 That could be the title of our federal fisheries managers' first science fiction production. Like a magician...

Tuna stocks 'booming' at time of quota cuts ABC News January 26, 2010 Australia's southern bluefin tuna industry says stocks are booming and this year's catch will be six weeks sooner than usual. ...

Proposal to halt commercial bass fishing The Cape Codder By Rich Eldred January 25, 2010 It's illegal to catch any striped bass more than three miles from shore and inshore fishing could face a cl...

Fishing season-setting time has arrived The Bellingham Herald By Doug Huddle January 21, 2009 This month the annual task of protecting wild runs, while divvying up harvestable salmon as they retur...

New rules planned for fish farming in federal waters Ventura County Star By Michael Collins January 18, 2010 Americans' insatiable love of seafood is back on the federal government's plate. Five...

France unwilling to ban bluefin tuna fishing AFP January 13, 2010 France's fisheries minister on Wednesday opposed plans to ban fishing of the overexploited bluefin tuna but backed curbing the tra...

Sturgeon fishing tactics in Oregon City challenged The Oregonian By Bill Monroe January 11, 2010 Consternation is in the creel again as anglers take another close look at how sturgeon are handled ...

Taking the initiative on gill nets The Oregonian January 11, 2010 Though the festering issue of commercial gill and tangle netting of salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River must be resolved, a...

Halibut charter fleet limited Juneau Empire By Kim Marquis January 5, 2010 Management agencies took another step to control halibut fishing in parts of Alaska by limiting the number of charter boa...

Hook set on strict new fishing restrictions Florida Today By Jim Waymer January 1, 2010 Starting this month, Florida fishermen no longer can keep red snapper or 11 species of shallow-water grouper...

New law makes salt-water fishermen register with U.S. By Candus Thomson Baltimore Sun reporter December 31, 2009 OCEAN CITY - In the most sweeping change for Maryland anglers in 25 years, tens of ...