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NEFSA responds to ASMFC lobster stock report. Dustin Delano, Chairman and Chief Strategist of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) released the following statement in response to the recent ASMFC […]
Lobstermen saved from industry-crushing regulation. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) sided with New England’s lobstermen and walked back a proposed regulatory plan poised to cause dire economic consequences […]
NEFSA defeats menace to iconic Maine lobster. Lobstermen in Maine are breathing a sigh of relief after regulators walked back a plan that would have put many fishermen out of business. […]
Maine company expands seaweed product line. Ocean’s Balance, an award-winning innovator of edible seaweed products, is expanding its product line with the introduction of gluten free, sugar-free, plant-based pasta sauces. […]
NOAA Fisheries Science helps Maine’s scallop farmers. Enterprising fishermen have been developing sea scallop aquaculture in Maine with technology adapted from Japan. Recently, NOAA Fisheries scientists conducted a study to […]
Fishing less win for lobstermen and endangered whales. A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that New England’s historic lobster fishery may turn a higher profit by […]
U.S. and Canadian researchers have developed a new tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto specific fishery management areas. Now fishermen, resource managers, and policy-makers can use it […]
Funding Boost For Lobster research – Sea Grant has announced new funding for research aimed at understanding physical and chemical changes affecting American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of […]
Stop giving foreign fleets a leg up over American fishermen: NEFSA to Congress. American fishermen are going to Congress to warn lawmakers that American fishermen are losing out to Canadian competitors […]
New research visualises how fishing communities can change fishing habits to adapt to climate change. In a massive research project spanning five years and stretching the length of the Northeast […]
U.S. capable of achieving seafood independence. From lobster to haddock and seaweed, seafood plays an important role in the U.S. economy, diet and culture. The nation is one of the […]
To save right whales from entanglement, Congress must follow the science. Delaying rules to make lobster and crab fishing safer puts whales at high risk of extinction. At scientists’ last […]
Researchers examine kelp farming’s benefits to the ecosystem. As aquaculture expands off coasts around the globe, Carrie Byron, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Marine and Environmental Programmes at […]
Royal Greenland increased raw material supplies last year. The supply of raw materials to Royal Greenland’s production sites saw a positive development in 2019 with a total 15% increase compared […]
Innovative Bycatch Reduction Projects – The USA’s NOAA Fisheries has awarded more than $2.3 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch […]
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