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Over 400 entities are urging Congress to reject the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act of 2025. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fishermen, aquaculture producers, and others launch battle against MARA Act

Margaret Bauman

The Atlantic deep-sea red crab was the most harvested species from the Northeast Canyons monument until fishing was restricted there by the Biden administration in 2021. Atlantic Red Crab Co. photo.

Trump administration reopens Northeast Canyons

NF Staff

A lancha crew were among 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing off southern Texas June 13, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard photo.

Gulf senators press to block illegal Mexican red snapper from US markets

NF Staff

Following tense U.S.-Canada negotiations, the International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2026 Pacific halibut harvest at a historic low at last week's meeting. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Sanctions threats loom as IPHC sets historic low 2026 halibut harvest

Carli Clancy

A group of shrimp boats docked in the harbor as the sun sets for the evening in Port Isabel, Texas. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / BB Outdoors

US fisheries lead the world in MSC sustainability certification

NF Staff

Commercial fishing loses another media voice

Kirk Moore

The Inuksuk II in Igaluit, Nunavit, Canada, for its official christening on July 29, 2025. The vessel had arrived in Newfoundland months earlier, but had to wait for the ice-out in the north before it could finally make it home. Photo by Tattuinee

Canada’s biggest boat starts fishing in the north

Paul Molyneaux

Members of the Skipteknisk team use advanced Revit autocad software to produce 3D models that enable them to give potential clients a virtual walk through of the proposed vessel. Photo by Skipsteknisk

Skipsteknisk designs fishing vessels for the future

Paul Molyneaux

Fish leather from the Local Seafood Summit. Photo by Margaret Crosby/Local Catch Network.

USDA webinar targets value-added grants for fisheries and seafood

NF Staff

A pile of fresh mackerel. Photo courtesy of David Gonzalez Yllera / Shutterstock

EU warns of overfishing risk after Commission talks stall

Carli Clancy

Photo courtesy of North Carolina Sea Grant/The North Carolina Oyster Trail

NOAA-backed grants help expand knowledge on farmed seafood

NF Staff