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National & International

Orange fish in purple reef — Orange fish in purple reef. Photo by Kia Sari on Unsplash

Opinion: Oppose bill cutting NOAA funding, limiting research

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A proposed 770,000 square mil marine sanctuary would incorporate the existing Remote Island Marine National Monument and “currently unprotected submerged lands and waters,” according to the Biden administration. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service graphic.

Pacific islands sanctuary debated at House hearing

Kirk Moore

Juvenile salmon. Shutterstock image.

Global synthesis study reveals hatchery salmon adversely impact wild populations

Ben Hayden

Photo by Michael Fousert on Unsplash

Norway gathering, sharing data to combat IUU fishing

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Linda Behnken is a commercial fisherman and the Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association out of Sitka, Alaska. Fishing Communities Coalition photo.

We can build resilient fishing communities

Small-scale fishermen’s organizations want to make sure that revisions to National Standards of the Magnuson-Stevens act protect fisheries dependent communities like this one on the shore of the Bering Sea. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Protecting ‘fisheries dependent communities’

Paul Molyneaux

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Packard Foundation awards $350,000 to promote gender equality in seafood

NF Staff

Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say "the National Seafood Strategy outlines NOAA Fisheries’ direction for supporting a thriving domestic U.S. seafood economy." NOAA photo/Jay Fleming.

NOAA ‘National Seafood Strategy’ looks to climate change, aquaculture, fair trade

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Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash

Deadline looms on national standards update proposals

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Ørsted earnings call rattles US offshore wind prospects

NF Staff

Skyline view of city with blue sky. Prime minister Fumio Kishisa ate seafood sourced from the sea off Fukushima — Skyline view of city with blue sky. Prime minister Fumio Kishisa ate seafood sourced from the sea off Fukushima. Photo courtesy of Unsplash

Japan PM, ministers eat Fukushima fish to dispel concerns