Louisiana effort to set commercial catch limits on menhaden falls short
Louisiana remains the only US state in the Gulf of Mexico without menhaden quotas even as the fish is fought over by conservationists as well as by commercial and recreational harvesters
First evidence of invasive green crab found in Alaskan waters
'We need to take it seriously, but we are not in the situation -- yet -- that Washington state is' -- Linda Shaw, fisheries biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA: New assessment shows Pacific tuna stock rebounding
The stock has recovered so fast that it met the initial rebuilding target five years ahead of the 2024 deadline
BC salmon farms won’t go entirely land-based, group leader says
'If you were doing land-based aquaculture, you'd be doing it close to market, not having that kind of huge transportation costs' -- Ruth Salmon, BC Salmon Farmers Association
Women from Ghana, Greece named Kvaroy Arctic scholars for 2022
Norway's Kvaroy Arctic has named Abigail Ebachi Tarichie of Ghana and Elisavet Syropoulou of Greece as the 2022 scholarship recipients
US judge slams NOAA for inadequate protection of Chinook, whales
The judge ruled that the agency failed to adequately protect orcas in Washington state waters because its plan lacked key details
Platform collapse causes oil spill off Louisiana
The collapse of an oil platform at Hilcorp's Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay on caused the spill
Newly vertically integrated Hawaii ‘kanpachi’ farmer to ramp up output
By buying the assets of its longtime processor and Hawaiian distributor Kona Cold Lobsters, yellowtail farmer Blue Ocean Mariculture hopes to reap the benefits of vertical integration
Dead zone shrinks in Gulf of Mexico, but still 2m acres
'It's going to take a lot of effort across the Mississippi River watershed to reduce those nutrients' -- David Scheurer, a NOAA oceanographer
Seaweed firms team up to fight emissions from belching cows
The methane burps from one cow are equivalent to the greenhouse gasses emitted by one passenger car