This article first appeared as a special edition of the Fishing Communities Coalition Dockside newsletter. Our thanks to the Coalition for permission to reprint it on the Network’s blog. Young Fishermen’s Development Act: Today’s Investment In Tomorrow’s Fishermen To secure the future of America’s fishing industry, the Fishing Communities Coalition began advocating for a Young […]
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“Low Rates” Aren’t Enough: How We Are Misrepresenting Bycatch Numbers
This article was originally posted on September 18, 2025 on the Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s blog and is reprinted with permission. Top photo via the Alaska Department of Fish & Game.</p> Each year, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) sets the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for groundfish and other fisheries in the Bering Sea […]
Looking Back to Look Forward on Fishing Executive Actions
This article was originally published in the Wild Oceans Horizon Summer 2025 newsletter and is reprinted with permission. In 1973, Congress passed the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (MSA), and Wild Oceans met the moment with a voice for conserving and protecting marine fish, fishing and our oceans for future generations. Fifty years […]
USDA Should Invest in Seafood
New report shows the USDA’s grant offerings don’t sufficiently cover marine and aquatic food initiatives A recent report by the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT) provides an assessment of ways to make U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant funding more accessible to the seafood sector. “Alaska’s fishermen harvest some of the healthiest and highest quality […]
NMFS May Still Require Herring Boats to Carry Observers, Despite Loper-Bright
Top photo by John McMurray Thirteen months ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loper-Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a decision that abolished the so-called “Chevron Doctrine,” created by court in 1984, which had given agencies the ability to make reasonable interpretations of law related to such agencies’ core expertise, and required […]
Administration flip-flops leave Bristol Bay vulnerable
This article was originally published on the One Fish Foundation blog on July 16, 2025 with an update (at the bottom of this article) on July 18, 2025. It is republished with permission. Since I launched this blog in 2015, I’ve written about Bristol Bay, Alaska and the effort to protect it from the proposed […]
We’re Going to Fish
This post originally appeared on the Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s blog and is republished with permission. Photo: Bonin/Wayner Family When three generations of Bristol Bay fisherwomen gather to talk fish and family, there is a shared pride for meaningful work and a fierce commitment to sustaining their fishing heritage revealed between words of wisdom, heartfelt […]
“We’re Exposed to Wonder All the Time”: Waterside Chat with Steve Duda of Patagonia’s Fish Tales
Patagonia’s Steve Duda joined the Marine Fish Conservation Network’s Waterside Chat with host Tom Sadler on June 5th, 2025. Steve has an impressive background in journalism, fly-fishing and music. At Patagonia, his storytelling uses film, video, web, and social media to showcase the values intrinsic to the brand. His wonderfully entertaining book, “River Songs,” chronicles […]
