
Fall 2023 Fisheries Policy Report
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.
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.
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.
This anonymous survey asks U.S. commercial fishermen what they think about import monitoring on seafood products, and how it affects their businesses.
Representatives from Ocean Strategies joined a stakeholder group of more than 20 for a January trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, where they explored native fish ponds (loko i’a), the National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA), Blue Ocean Mariculture, Ocean Era, the Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Center (PACRC — an extension program associated with the University of Hawaii at Hilo) and other local fishery and aquaculture resources and caretakers.
In this fall edition of the policy report you will find: information about the newly released SEAfood Act, IUU fishing, and an update on MSA National Standards.
In the fall edition of the Aquaculture Policy Report you will find: information on NOAA's 5-year aquaculture plan, Washington State's finfish aquaculture ban, and a joint workshop between Meridian Institute & Ocean Strategies that brought together 43 multisectoral leaders nationwide.
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 summer edition of the policy report you will find: information about proposed federal policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the American Fisheries Advisory Committee, Alaska's special election results, and permanent protections for Pebble Mine, as well as Team Ocean Strategies updates and a Q&A with Clayward Tam.