Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan
NFCC facilitated the final two meetings of the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team, in Homer, AK and Seattle, WA, in 2005. NFCC’s efforts succeeded in helping the Recovery Team complete a consensus draft of...
View ArticlePribilof Islands Collaborative
NFCC helped plan and then facilitated the ongoing work of the Pribilof Islands Collaborative (PIC), a cooperative effort that included the representatives from the two islands, major fishing industry...
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Thousands of Coastal Fishermen to Rally in DC on March 21
In another historic show of solidarity, US recreational and commercial fishermen will gather at Upper Senate Park in Washington DC on March 21, 2012 starting at noon in an organized demonstration...
View ArticleWhat are We Protecting? Fisher Behavior and the Unintended Consequences of...
Economists Alan Haynie (Economics & Social Sciences Research (ESSR) program) and Joshua Abbott (Arizona State University) have a forthcoming publication in the journal Ecological Applications that...
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“More fish in the sea” is not a reason to keep overfishing
Yum. Bristlemouth. Photo courtesy of NOAA March 12th, 2014, by Amelia Urry on Grist.org Bristlemouth à la beurre. Miso-seared mola mola. Lanternfish tartare. If you’ve never seen these things on a...
View ArticleOverfishing and the Replacement of Demersal Finfish by Shellfish: An Example...
Note: this research, and other similar findings, illustrate the fact that fish stocks do not exist in isolation, thus emphasizing the importance of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management. July...
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Eat up! These bottom fish make a dramatic recovery on West Coast
Septmeber 2nd, 2014 By Craig Welch, The Seattle Times Marine scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium said Tuesday that government regulators and fishermen had made such strides in how they manage and...
View ArticleTalking Fish: “Known is a drop. Unknown is an ocean.”
September 8th, 2014 By Peter Shelley, TalkingFish.org That still-true ancient line, penned by Tamil poet Avvaiyar some two thousand years ago, reminds us all that while it is worth paying attention to...
View ArticleThe Law That’s Saving American Fisheries
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: It’s a Keeper This in-depth and comprehensive look at our nation’s most important fisheries management law was the result of the combined...
View ArticleThe Alaska Fisheries Miracle
A video made by Brad Matsen (one of our board members) and Mark Brinster to illustrate the value of documenting the past history of successful fisheries management. It includes interviews with...
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Simple rules can help fishery managers cope with ecological complexity
Schooling herring, one of the fisheries studied in this analysis .Jacob Bøtter/Flickr To successfully manage fisheries, factors in the environment that affect fish — like food sources, predators and...
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Climate Change May Be Creating A Seafood Trade War, Too
June 15th, 2018, Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com One of the grand challenges that I find as a climate scientist is conveying to the public the “here and now” of climate change. For many people, it is...
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Mining power: EPA’s Pruitt aims to short-circuit Clean Water Act
By Jessica Hathaway June 28, 2018, NationalFisherman.com Three days before the deadline for public comments on the proposed Pebble Mine project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, Environmental Protection...
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Japan’s fish catch sinks for 4th straight year to all-time low
By TETSUSHI YAMAMURA, April 27th, 2018, The Asahi Shinbun A plunging fish catch in 2017 for the fourth consecutive year has the agriculture ministry considering drastic revisions to its fisheries...
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A Tribute to NFCC’s Founding Chairman, Dr Dayton (Lee) Alverson
Farewell to Lee Alverson Remembering a great mentor in marine science, policy, and life By Brad Warren When I started out as a rookie correspondent for National Fisherman, I had no idea how fortunate...
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The 3 biggest US tuna companies use fishing techniques that hurt and kill...
Bumble Bee, StarKist, and Chicken of the Sea are accused of falsely labeling their products as dolphin-safe. By Gaby Del Valle May 15, 2019 Vox.com Cans of tuna fish are displayed in a grocery store...
View ArticleOverfishing and the Replacement of Demersal Finfish by Shellfish: An Example...
Note: this research, and other similar findings, illustrate the fact that fish stocks do not exist in isolation, thus emphasizing the importance of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management. July...
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