Seafood

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) will use adult scallops collected from Peconic Bay after surviving the mass die-off as broodstock in its 2023 spring spawn. CCE's Harrison Tobi (middle) holds lantern nets of juvenile scallops spawned in June 2022. The spawned scallops are housed in raceways at CCE's hatchery. (Photo credit: Hilary Macht)

Scientists Scramble to Help Bay Scallops Survive Climate Change

By Hilary Macht

March 27, 2023

Researchers begin selective breeding and other initiatives in hopes of saving the East Coast’s last wild bay scallop fisheries.

Alaska’s Climate-Driven Fisheries Collapse Is Devastating Indigenous Communities

March 13, 2023

An Alaskan king crab trap and fishing vessel.

The Field Report: New Research Shows Dangerous Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Freshwater Fish

January 18, 2023

a fisherman pulls a largemouth bass that is probably polluted with PFAS from a freshwater lake

A Young Oyster Farmer Carrying on the Family Business

By Bridget Shirvell

November 28, 2022

Gaby Zlotkowsky on a boat holding a basket of oysters. (Photo credit: Capshore Photography)

Young Fishermen Are Struggling to Stay Afloat

By Tilde Herrera

November 23, 2022

Lucas Raymond holding a halibut. (Photo courtesy of the New England Young Fishermen's Alliance)

Op-ed: Catch Shares Enable Wealthy Landlords to Gobble Up Local Fisheries

By Ryan Bradley

August 31, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 17: Fresh Red Snapper lies on ice at the San Francisco Fish Company October 17, 2006 in San Francisco, California. A study by the Institute of Medicine found that eating fresh seafood twice a week is healthy for your heart and may reduce the risk of heart disease. The study also says that eating fish twice a week also outweighs the risk of exposure to mercury and other dangerous contaminants. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry

By Will Sennott, New Bedford Light

July 8, 2022

A fisherman emptying a net after a haul of seafood in Massachusetts.

To Cut Ocean Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Turns to Renewable Gear

June 27, 2022

Eric Oransky, founding partner, Maine Ocean Farms, holding up two filled beechwood oyster harvest bags. Credit: Ocean Farms Supply

GMO Salmon Is (Sort of) on the Market: Here’s What It Means

June 24, 2022

Shoppers select salmon in a large chain food store in Glendale, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

High Levels of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Fish

By Carolyn Beans

June 23, 2022

The Field Report: Are Expiring School Meal Waivers a Looming Catastrophe?

June 15, 2022

LOUISVILLE, KY - JANUARY 11: Pam Howard, a school food service assistant, prepares lunches for curbside pickup during a period of Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) at Hazelwood Elementary School on January 11, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jefferson County Public Schools, along with many other school districts in the US, have switched to NTI in response to severe staffing shortages caused by the prevalence of the omicron variant of COVID-19. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

The US Is a Dumping Ground for Illegal Seafood. Some Lawmakers Want to Clean Up the Market

By Lee Van der Voo

June 13, 2022

buyers at a fish market

Fishermen and Scientists Probe Phosphate’s Connection to Florida Red Tides

By Jonnah Perkins

April 26, 2022

Thousands of dead fish float in the Boca Ciega Bay located near the mouth of Madeira Beach, Florida, on July 21, 2021. (Photo credit: Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?

March 16, 2022

Harvesting Kelp in Alaska. (Photo credit: Rachelle Hacmac)

As a National Seafood Council Takes Shape, Whose Interests Will It Serve?

By Elizabeth G. Dunn

March 1, 2022

Female crew member of fishing boat carrying salmon to hold of boat

The Revival of Indigenous Subsistence Whaling Hangs in the Balance

February 8, 2022

A bowhead whale caught in September 2021, during the fall whaling season, in Utqiagvik. (Photo courtesy of Mary Lum Patkotak)

How the Swinomish Are Reviving a Native Oyster and Protecting Eelgrass in Puget Sound

By Sarah Sax, High Country News

January 4, 2022

Stuart Thomas, manager of the Swinomish Shellfish Company, harvests oysters on Similk Beach during an October low tide. (Photo credit: Kiliii Yuyan, High Country News)

Can Aquaculture Help Women Secure a New Foothold in the Seafood Industry?

September 14, 2021

Emily Selinger, right, and Amanda Moeser, both raise oysters in the tidal flats of Casco Bay. While they each have their own companies, they often collaborate and support one another.

‘Salmon is Life’: For Native Alaskans, Salmon Declines Pose Existential Crisis

August 12, 2021

Two people observing sockeye salmon in a stream. (Photo credit: Jonny Armstrong)

Kelp at the Crossroads: Should Seaweed Farming Be Better Regulated?

July 20, 2021

kelp farming

Op-ed: New Orleans Chefs Can Help the Gulf Coast Brace for Extreme Weather

June 25, 2021

Chef Dana Honn (left) and others walking on new land created as part of a Gulf restoration project. (Photo courtesy of the National Wildlife Federation)

Renegade Biologist Alexandra Morton Is Fighting for the Future of Wild Salmon

By Cinnamon Janzer

June 23, 2021

Alexandra Morton bringing in nets in the the Broughton Archipelago, in British Columbia. (Photo courtesy of Alexandra Morton, Salmon Coast Field Station)

Some First Nations Are Fighting Fish Farms in BC to Protect Their Waters and Cultures

By David Moskowitz

December 7, 2020

Two members of the Wuikinuxv First Nation prepare wild salmon to feed to guests to their territory during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, which brings together First Nations from across the Pacific Northwest.

The Continued Fight Over Farming the Oceans

November 9, 2020

overhead view of a salmon farm aquaculture operation in norway

Connecting Fishermen with Hungry Communities Can also Benefit Local Food Systems

September 15, 2020

Some of the lingcod delivered through a hunger relief event in Columbia Gorge. (Photo courtesy of The Wave)