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In this fall edition of the policy report you will find: updates on the overflowing salmon market, seafood issues in the Farm Bill, new strategic plans from NOAA, and more seafood industry issues.
NOAA Fisheries is proposing updates to federal guidelines for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) National Standards — specifically those that address Allocations, Communities and Bycatch.
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola talks to Ocean Strategies' Hannah Heimbuch and Jessica Hathaway about the value of fishing communities, reliable data and representation in federal and state fishery policy, including the Magnuson-Stevens Act and NOAA's implementation guidelines.
The Ocean Strategies team has been keeping our ear to the ground regarding all things Washington aquaculture. Our quarterly newsletter, WA Aqua Bites, informs the seafood supply chain of important aquaculture happenings in Washington and beyond.
In this spring edition of the policy report you will find: updates on the National Seafood Strategy, interviews with NOAA's Michael Rubino and Hawaiian native fish pond coordinator Brenda Asuncion, USDA seafood purchasing requests…
Ocean Strategies Senior Consultant Hannah Heimbuch recently sat down with Dr. Michael Rubino, NOAA Fisheries' Senior Advisor for Seafood Strategy. They discussed an overview of NOAA's upcoming National Seafood Strategy, public comments for which closes the end of March. NOAA Fisheries is tasked with management and conservation of the Nation's seafood resources, for sustainability, food security and local-to-national benefit. The seafood strategy provides an overview of how NOAA Fisheries will address that task in the coming years, recognizing that challenges like climate change require new approaches to existing goals. Hannah spoke with Dr. Rubino about how they'll complete and implement this overarching set of priorities.
Ocean Strategies Senior Consultant Jes Hathaway sat down with Brenda Asuncion, the Hui Mālama Loko I'a Coordinator for Kua'aina Ulu 'Auamo (KUA), to discuss the restoration of traditional Hawaiian fishponds, the Hawaiian communities' role as caretakers of their lands and waters, and how we can advance community-based natural resource management through continued advocacy for indigenous practices and food systems.
This anonymous survey asks U.S. commercial fishermen what they think about import monitoring on seafood products, and how it affects their businesses.
In the winter edition of the Aquaculture Policy Report you will find: information on the new Coastal Seaweed Farm Act and other federal policy updates, regional aquaculture highlights, and what Team OS has been up to.
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