Meredith Moore, Director of the Fish Conservation Program at The Ocean Conservancy, joined the Network for an online Waterside Chat on May 27, 2026. Meredith combines a science background with a desire to find pragmatic solutions that work for people and for the environment. Watch her conversation with host Tom Sadler now: Follow on Substack […]
This year’s World Ocean Day hits a little differently. It falls in the 50th anniversary year of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the law that transformed how this country manages its fisheries and set us on a path toward healthier oceans. The ocean provides food, livelihoods, and a natural infrastructure that supports life […]
April 1976 found me at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, finishing up my senior year. I was wandering around campus, drinking too much beer, sleeping too late and, when time allowed, prepping for final exams. It was warm, at least for spring in central New England, so I often wore my […]
The following article was originally posted on November 19, 2025 on the Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s blog and has been reposted with permission. Top photo: Alaska’s Hannah Heimbuch during Bristol Bay drift gillnet season in 2020. This November, AMCC honors International Fisher Women’s Day by celebrating the women who sustain Alaska’s fishing communities and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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