Two Seattle area conservation groups say they intend to sue the federal government for failure to protect salmon, steelhead ...

Ocean Harvesters CEO Monty Diehl said OSV hulls make good menhaden steamer platforms. For many decades the industry used ...

For Marty Scanlon, president of the Blue Water Fishermen’s Association (BWFA), tuna fishing is a passion as much as a ...

On Sept. 3, the House Natural Resources Committee has advanced H.R. 3692, a bill to reauthorize the Young Fishermen’s ...

Plans are underway for the first-ever Washington Fishermen's Convention, to be held at Westport on Dec. 4-8 by Washington Sea ...

A new Pacific tuna fishery has opened for commercial harvesters in the eastern Gulf of Alaska, with the required commissioner ...

Maryland’s success in bringing back the oyster population is the result of dedicated restoration efforts, favorable ...

NOAA Fisheries landings data for 2024 show sharp declines in U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic catches. That trend is likely an indicator of the impact competition from inexpensive imported shrimp is ...

Lawyers for the Trump administration asked a federal court in Maryland to cancel federal permits for the US Wind project off Ocean City, Md., asserting the Biden administration overstepped legal ...

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission member states include California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Shutterstock photo. The former chief financial officer of the Pacific States Marine ...

David Witherell is retiring as executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. NPFMC photo. David Witherell, who has served as executive director of the North Pacific Fishery ...