Seafood Watch mulls red ‘avoid’ rating for US, Canadian lobster fisheries
A US seafood rating organization famous for using traffic-sign color-coding to grade sustainability is proposing to mark Canadian and American lobstermen as 'avoid'
Price gap growing between large- and mid-sized US sea scallops
A total of 24,564 lbs of sea scallops sold Monday for $654,149 at the seafood auction in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an average of $26.63/lb
Judge nixes StarKist’s request to have some tuna price-fixing suits thrown out
Dana Sabraw, the chief judge of the Southern District of California rejected StarKist's request for partial summary judgment
UK, Faroes fishing deal to benefit Scotland’s whitefish catchers
'Scottish whitefish vessels will be a big beneficiary of this deal but it's good news for the fishing sector across Scotland and the UK' -- UK government minister for Scotland
In legal first, top EU court to rule on whether ministers set illegal fishing limits
The Court of Justice of the European Union has been called on to decide if EU ministers have illegally set unsustainable fishing limits
Norwegian fresh cod, haddock prices fall as catching season moves into top gear
Prices for both cod and haddock remain well above levels in the same week of 2020 and 2021, however
Maine delegation details lobster rope-gear dilemma in further appeal for delay
'The economic harm imposed by the gear conversion deadline will be severe, and the scarcity of required gear is making it difficult...' -- Maine delegation to commerce secretary
After savage hurricanes, Louisiana seafood firms lobby for aid
'I think you will see some hard times in oysters over the next two or three years, and with saltwater finfish, you're seeing some crazy inflationary prices in some places and no production in others' -- Harlon Pearce
Chinook salmon counts still dropping in Yukon River
The three-year downward trend also includes coho and chum salmon
Alabama bill would give ag-style tax breaks to commercial harvesters
The Alabama bill faces at least one difficulty. It does not specify how much in tax revenues would be lost to city and county governments if it were adopted