NOAA press release For the 26th consecutive year, Dutch Harbor, Alaska led the nation as the port with the highest volume of seafood landed (780.1 million pounds valued at $224.5 million). Alaska pollock have historically made up the majority of landings volume and value. New England landed only 5% of all seafood landings, but accounted for 27% of the value. Snow and king crab are also high-value species and have historically accounted for a large percentage of the value landed in Dutch...

NOAA press release A new real-time messaging network uses the Automatic Identification System (AIS) to reduce the possibility of vessel strikes involving endangered North Atlantic right whales. Ship strikes are a leading source of right whale injury and death. NOAA photo. Right whales are at high risk of injury or death from vessel strikes. NOAA and partners are using AIS in a new way to reduce that risk. AIS transmits the location, speed, and other characteristics of vessels in real time for...

DMR Release The Maine DMR Fishery Direct Data (FDD) Pilot Project is a cooperative research project designed to collect data on lobsters and Jonah crabs (with a focus on lobsters) from offshore areas of the Gulf of Maine. The FDD Pilot Program was created in 2024 in response to requests from the lobster industry asking ME DMR to collect more data on lobsters in offshore areas and more data on juvenile lobsters in deeper water. To accomplish this, Maine DMR partnered with the Commercial...