Alaska fishing group awarded federal funds for green engine transition
Money from the US Department of Energy will go towards testing hybrid and all-electric engines for small fishing vessels in the US state
Study predicts US West Coast harvesters’ response to climate change-related fish migrations
Shifting ocean conditions associated with climate change will likely send high-value sablefish into deeper waters off the West Coast, making them more difficult to catch and forcing some harvesters to switch to more accessible species
US First Nation group buys Alaska Seafood Company
The acquisition is part of a series of planned custom processing and value-added growth initiatives by the First Nation group
DTC seafood leader Wild Alaskan acquires Washington-state processor
'[T]he reality is that Wild Alaskan has reached a scale where we can no longer afford not to be in the processing business' -- Arron Kallenberg, Wild Alaskan's founder and CEO
Lusamerica uses dock, Noah’s Ark to support California fisheries resurrection
Monterey Bay had its fisheries collapse in the 1990s. Conservation efforts brought back the fish, and, with stocks healthy, Lusamerica Foods is bringing back the fishermen
South Atlantic is US’ largest per capita seafood consuming region, study finds
The biggest consumer of seafood in the US is also the most visited region by international tourists
Federal judge says NMFS didn’t do enough to protect humpbacks from sablefish trap ropes
The ruling impacts about 150 commercial fishing vessels that use pots to capture sablefish in waters off the US states of California, Oregon and Washington
Fishermen’s Finest loses appeal challenging $80m quota loss
US flatfish harvester Fishermen's Finest has lost its latest legal battle
RODA: Floating wind turbines coming to US West Coast ‘worse, much worse’ for harvesters
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced the sale of wind farm leases off the California coast that involve what would be the US' first-ever floating turbines
Trident Seafoods to fight Democrats’ proposed MSA changes in Congress
'Rather than empower the councils, [HR 4690] contains prescriptive mandates that will consume council time, divert resources...'-- Shannon Carroll, Trident Seafoods