Sustainable Harvest Sector

11/30/2025

Commercial Fisheries News prints final issue after more than 50 years.

Commercial Fisheries News, a monthly newspaper covering the Northeast's fishing industry, closes after decades due to declining advertising revenue.

11/26/2025

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3r9kkv

11/24/2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/harp-seals-cod-stock-study-9.6964840

A new study from the Marine Institute says harp seals are playing a role in the slowed recovery of cod stocks and other fish populations in Newfoundland and Labrador.

11/21/2025

https://www.neyoungfishermen.org/about-4

This is a hands-on, 5-week program for individuals ready to launch their career on local commercial fishing vessels in New England.

11/21/2025

https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-markey-and-sullivan-lead-colleagues-in-reintroducing-legislation-to-protect-physical-and-behavioral-health-in-the-commercial-fishing-industry

Bipartisan legislation continues federal support for life-saving safety training, research grant...

11/19/2025

FREE First Aid & CPR Training + Community Health Day in Sandwich, MA!

Join us on December 8 & 9 for hands-on training. This enhanced course teaches life-saving skills to assess and treat injured or ill crewmembers before emergency help arrives.

Participants will:
✅ Earn Adult First Aid/CPR/AED certification
✅ Receive a FREE First Aid Kit customized for fishing vessels
✅ Meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements (46 CFR 28.210).

Tomorrow we will be posting more details on Community Health Day! Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen safety at sea and in your community! Click link to sign up: https://fishingpartnership.org/calendar/

11/19/2025

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/3tnr9mhy

11/18/2025

Registration and abstract deadlines extended to November 30!

Are you involved in cooperative research or want to learn how to get involved? Then consider attending our Science Center’s Northeast Cooperative Research Summit on February 26, 2026, in Riverhead, New York.

The summit brings scientists, managers, fishermen, and industry representatives together to:
• Share approaches and results of new cooperative research projects or those recently completed
• Identify opportunities to expand contributions of the fishing industry
• Facilitate regional coordination of cooperative research
• Develop new partnerships between the fishing and science communities
• Identify priorities for near-term science and management challenges

For more information about the summits, please visit: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/2026-northeast-cooperative-research-summit

11/14/2025

There are only 5 days left until our FREE First Aid & CPR training in South County, RI on 11/18. This course is enhanced to provide commercial fishermen with the life-saving skills to assess and treat injured and sick crewmembers onboard fishing vessels before emergency personnel arrive. Commercial fishermen who complete this training will become certified in Adult First Aid/CPR/AED, and receive a FREE First Aid Kit customized for fishing vessels. Meets Coast Guard Requirements under 46 CFR 28.210. Click the link to sign up: https://fishingpartnership.org/calendar/

11/13/2025

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNOAAFISHERIES/bulletins/3fb448b

Statement from the Regional Administrator on the Government Shutdown NOAA Fisheries sent this bulletin at 11/13/2025 12:04 PM EST Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. November 13, 2025 Statement from the Regional Administrator on the Government Shutdown On behalf of all the staf...

11/12/2025

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/56keyss2

11/10/2025

https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-agency-researchers-to-study-commercial-fishing-within-wind-farm/

The research project comes just after the Trump administration canceled other studies that would have examined offshore wind’s impacts on commercial fish species and other marine life.