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U.S. seafood groups are calling for changes to EU traceability requirements after documentation issues disrupted thousands of metric tons of legally harvested U.S. seafood. Photo courtesy of the At-sea Processors Association

US seafood groups push back on EU seafood trade requirements

North Carolina is appealing a ruling that the state failed to meet its constitutional obligations to protect fisheries, in a case challenging shrimp trawling, gillnetting, overfishing, and gaps in commercial harvest reporting. Photo courtesy of Wick Smith

North Carolina appeals ruling over fisheries management

NEFSA argues that Chesapeake Bay osprey research documents food stress but does not establish commercial menhaden harvest as the cause. Photo courtesy of Jerry Prezioso / NOAA Fisheries

NEFSA questions link between menhaden harvest and osprey declines

A North Haven fisherman faces a manslaughter charge following the June 18 death of a passenger aboard the commercial F/V Long Faces. Photo courtesy of Maine Marine Patrol

Maine fisherman faces manslaughter charge

Two fishermen lost licenses and permits over nearly 200 abandoned crab traps. Photo courtesy of the CDFW Facebook page

Dungeness crab permits suspended over abandoned traps

Commercial bottomfishing could return to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands under an experimental approach recommended by scientists. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Experimental fishing eyed as Northwestern Hawaiian Islands reopen

Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson’s vessel tracking challenge heads to the Supreme Court Sept. 28. Photo courtesy of Paul Molyneaux

Lobsterman’s tracking fight heads to Supreme Court

NOAA Fisheries awarded $103 million to 16 habitat restoration projects supporting salmon, shrimp, oysters, and other fisheries across the country. Photo courtesy Shutterstock

More than $100 million in habitat funding targets key US fisheries

The Southern Shrimp Alliance is urging regulators to protect traditional fishing grounds as offshore aquaculture expands. Photo by NF Archive / Carli Clancy

Shrimpers urge caution on aquaculture sites

USDA funding separately targets invasive catfish processing and farm-raised catfish purchases. Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program

USDA puts $26 million behind US catfish industry