News, articles, photos, and other information about commercial fishing in North America.
A project underway at Woods Hole Sea Grant is evaluating surf clams (Spisula solidissima) as a potential shellfish aquaculture species. An early phase involved distributing local hatchery-produced surf clam seed to southeast Massachusetts growers and establishing a seed clam planting … Continued
Recently awarded grants from Innovation PEI will help Prince Edward Island seafood processors store greater numbers of live lobsters during peak landing periods. The projects will add more than a half-a-million pounds to the province’s total lobster holding capacity, which … Continued
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (MidA RPB) has released the Draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan (Draft Plan) for public review and comment. The MidA RPB is accepting feedback concerning the Draft Plan from interested stakeholders. The public comment period … Continued
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has announced that the state’s 2016 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 3rd from the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the western shore of the Freshwater … Continued
Royal Greenland recently announced that Sustainable Fisheries Greenland has made arrangements with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to begin the assessment of the fishery for off shore Greenland Halibut on Western Greenland with the goal to obtain an MSC certification. The … Continued
At its June meeting, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted unanimously to extend the fall commercial crab season by three weeks to December 20, 2016 and to open the spring season two weeks earlier next year on March 1, … Continued