Nathan Strout is a Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, Nathan covered the U.S. military’s space activities and emerging technologies at C4ISRNET and Defense News, where he won awards for his reporting on the U.S. Space Force’s missile warning capabilities. Nathan got his start in journalism writing about several communities in Midcoast Maine for a local daily paper, The Times Record.
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Ten killer whales have been caught incidentally as bycatch by Alaska trawling vessels so far in 2023, only one of which survived, according to NOAA Fisheries.
The number of incidents – which took place between 6 May and 9 September – is higher than usual for such a short time period, raising alarms at the agency.
“NOAA Fisheries is analyzing collected data to determine the cause of injury or death and determine which stocks
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A federal jury convicted Montauk, New York, U.S.A.-based fisherman Christopher Winkler of multiple criminal charges on 4 October after the U.S. Department of Justice accused him of overfishing and falsifying reports.
“While most U.S. fishermen follow the law, some still feel that they are above it,” NOAA Office of Law Enforcement, Northeast Division Acting Assistant Director Michael Henry said. “It is our job to protect
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) has introduced a bill to neutralize subsidies offered by the government of India to that country's shrimp sector, a move to lessen the amount of cheap shrimp imports domestic producers must compete with.
The legislation would raise U.S. tariffs on Indian shrimp imports to be equivalent with the subsidies provided to the Indian shrimp industry.
“Forty percent of imported shrimp in this market comes
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The head of one of Canada's biggest seafood companies believes the fishing and aquaculture sectors need to work together to push back against unscientific claims made by environmental groups.
Speaking at the Responsible Seafood Summit in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Cooke Inc. CEO Glenn Cooke said
“We’ve got to work together because we now have the same common enemy,” Cooke said. “These environmental groups
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Aquit and Zeal Industries were named the winners of the 11th annual Responsible Seafood Innovation Awards, with voting taking place 3 October at the Responsible Seafood Summit in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
“This is a really incredible, very competitive set of awards,” Toby Corey, the COO of Cruz Foam, which won the award in 2022, said. “There are over 200 applications for this award every single year and those
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The head of New Brunswick fisheries hailed the return of redfish, or ocean perch, to the region, predicting the return of commercial fishing in the near future.
“The arrival of a new cohort of redfish in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence suggests a reopening soon of that fishery, which has been under a moratorium since 1995,” New Brunswick Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries Minister Margaret Johnson said at the Responsible Seafood
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U.S. President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on 27 September to prioritize the restoration of fish to the Columbia River Basin.
“Today, President Biden is directing all relevant federal agencies to utilize existing authorities and available resources – and assess what additional authorities and resources may be needed – to restore these wild fish populations and help ensure that the United States upholds its treaty
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As the United States barrels toward a shutdown of the federal government, commercial fisheries and the seafood industry are bracing for potential impacts.
The federal government’s fiscal year ends 30 September, but Congress has not passed the 2024 appropriations bills or voted on a continuing resolution that would keep the government open. Lawmakers are scrambling to find a solution that will keep the government fully operating into
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Georgia is the latest Southern U.S. state facing pressure to declare a fisheries disaster over imported shrimp.
Several Southern communities and local officials have declared disasters over shrimp dumping, arguing that a glut of foreign shrimp is devastating domestic producers.
Southern shrimpers hope the local declarations, alongside a slew of letters send to politicians, will encourage state governors to ask NOAA Fisheries to declare a
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Industry groups representing the commercial seafood sector are rallying support for several provisions to the Farm Bill that would elevate seafood’s profile within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Trade groups, including the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the Seafood Harvesters of America (SHA), the Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA), and the At-Sea Processors Association (APA), as well as seafood processors
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