Friday, December 12, 2025
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- Dec 12, 2025
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Updated: Dec 30, 2025
Alaska
This year's Alaska’s pollock quota process shows the cost of doing more with less
This year's quota-setting process appeared fraught with uncertainty and tradeoffs.
Intrafish by Rachel Sapin - December 12, 2025
The annual ritual of setting Alaska’s pollock quota is an arduous but necessary exercise in science-based policymaking. It’s designed to ensure sustainable harvest levels in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. But this year, the process was anything but routine.
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'Where do my taxes go?': Bristol Bay Port Director talks taxes and infrastructure at Pacific Marine Expo
KDLG by Margaret Sutherland - December 11, 2025
Fishermen, seafood processors and other agencies from across Bristol Bay traveled to Seattle last month for the 2025 Pacific Marine Expo, the West Coast's largest marine trade show.
NPFMC cuts Gulf of Alaska pollock quotas by 25 percent, keeps Bering Sea quotas mostly steady
SeafoodSource News by Teddy Hans - December 10, 2025
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has slashed pollock quotas in the Gulf of Alaska by more than 25 percent for 2026 but has kept much larger quotas in the Bering Sea nearly the same.
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Federal shutdown disrupts quota-setting for pollock
KUCB by Theo Greenly - December 11, 2025
Last week, members of the body that oversees federal fisheries off Alaska’s coast recommended keeping next year’s catch limits for the sprawling Bering Sea pollock fishery about the same as this year.
International
US commission on China calls on Congress to do more to curtail forced labor in seafood supply chain
SeafoodSource News by Chris Chase - December 10, 2025
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) latest annual report – released to coincide with International Human Rights Day – features seafood prominently as it calls on Congress and the U.S. government as a whole to do more to combat forced labor.
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Awaiting Supreme Court decision, more US seafood suppliers file tariff lawsuits
SeafoodSource News by Christine Blank - December 12, 2025
U.S. seafood import firms Mark Foods and Bristol Seafood have filed lawsuits over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff program, following the lead of fellow seafood companies Netuno USA and Bumble Bee.
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Environment/Science
Research finds crab pot escape hatch could boost snow crab sustainability
SeafoodSource News by Chris Chase - December 10, 2025
A team of researchers working in the Barents Sea found a simple “escape hatch” modification to snow crab pots could have big benefits for the fishery’s sustainability and efficiency.
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Federal Register
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 34; Groundfish Exclusion Area for Coral Research and Restoration
A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 12/12/2025
This final rule implements regulations for amendment 34 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (Groundfish FMP).
Pribilof Islands Administration; Dogs Prohibited
A Proposed Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 12/11/2025
NMFS proposes to revise regulations that prohibit dogs on the Pribilof Islands by creating an exception for NMFS to authorize certified and trained rodent detection dogs to respond to and prevent the establishment of invasive rodents on the Pribilof Islands.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Alaska LNG Project in Cook Inlet
A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 12/11/2025
NMFS, upon request from 8 Star Alaska, LLC (8 Star Alaska), which is jointly owned by Glenfarne and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), is promulgating regulations to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Cook Inlet, Alaska, over the course of 5 years.
FYI’s
NPFMC Selects New Executive Director
North Pacific Fishery Management Council - December 10, 2025
ANCHORAGE — Following a national recruitment, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council) announced today that Ms. Diana Evans has been selected as the fifth Executive Director to lead the Council.
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