Today, Alaska’s State Senate passed House Bill 25 (HB 25), a landmark measure that prohibits Alaska’s government and restaurants from using single-use polystyrene foodware beginning January 1, 2027. The bill … Read more
A new policy brief released today by the U.S. Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing & Labor Rights Coalition finds that the majority of seafood imported into the United States enters the market without basic catch … Read more
The Trump administration and House Republicans have both proposed significant cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) budget, building on previous cuts that have made it harder for … Read more
On the 21st annual Ocean Day at the California Capitol today, conservation, business, and student advocates urged state legislators to stand up to the Trump administration’s plans to rapidly expand … Read more
The House Natural Resources Committee today advanced the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests (FISH) Act, a bipartisan bill that would give the United States new tools to crack down on illegal … Read more
Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishers may no longer fish with conventional traps between Point Arena and Pigeon Point (Zone 3) … Read more
The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) turns 50 today, marking a half-century of successful fisheries management in the United States at a time when new challenges threaten the … Read more
