DMR press release In March the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) released preliminary data that Maine’s commercial harvesters earned $619,053,489 in 2025, which was the 14th consecutive year commercial fishery earnings surpassed $500 million. Maine lobstermen landed 78.8 million pounds in 2025 and again topped all other fisheries with an overall landed value of $461,384,405. The boat price was $5.85 per pound, the third highest boat price on record. However, while the boat price and...

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...