The commercial fishing vessel Spicy Lady was fishing in Chatham Strait March 6, 2025 about 1 mile west of Point Gardner, Alaska, when the vessel caught fire. The five crewmembers on board were unable ...

Two bills in the Virginia General Assembly to regulate the state's menhaden reduction fishery have been killed in committees, while one that requires fisheries observers on boats and more control of ...

Maryland is extending its commercial oyster season by two weeks to help watermen make up lost harvesting days during a hard freeze in Chesapeake Bay in January and February.

210 Analytics in Lakewood, Florida, noted that domestic seafood demand has been pressured by high inflation, but said sales ...

In January 2025, Garmin Marine acquired SeaStar software and integrated it into its service ecosystem with the aim of ...

Federal health officials have rescinded all layoffs at the workplace safety agency critical to the health and safety of harvesters in the commercial fishing industry. The recent announcement from the ...

With fiscal year 2026 funding holding at $80 million for Sea Grant and $14 million for Sea Grant Aquaculture, and with new ...

The New Bedford Fire Department responded to a fire due to a lithium-ion battery on board a fishing vessel. Photo courtesy of New Bedford Fire Department At 9:00 a.m. on Feb. 15, crews were dispatched ...

California Fish and Wildlife’s Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program (RAMP) is working to reduce marine mammal entanglements ...

The Coast Guard ice-breaking vessel was breaking up the ice to free the commercial fishing fleet in Saquatucket Harbor on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Barnstable County Sheriff's Department Sustained ...