Sustainable Harvest Sector

08/28/2026

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/bulletin/final-rule-implement-monkfish-quotas-fishing-year-2026

NOAA Fisheries is implementing Framework Adjustment 17 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan, including monkfish quotas for the 2026 fishing year based on specifications recommended by the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils.

08/26/2026

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/2jtsam7k

08/25/2026

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/beyond-ocean-mapping-using-uncrewed-vehicles-advance-ocean-research

Even when traditional research vessels can’t safely reach parts of the ocean, the science doesn’t stop. Uncrewed surface vehicles give scientists access to the ocean with fewer constraints, rewriting what is possible in oceanographic and fisheries research and addressing longstanding research qu...

08/20/2026

https://newbedfordlight.org/15-million-federal-grant-will-fund-fishing-tech-projects/

The grant will fund a “third eye” camera system for fishing nets and autonomous robots for lobstermen.

08/19/2026

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/vvsjs8h8

08/18/2026

https://www.wcvb.com/article/lily-jean-search-no-crew-found/73426624

A new search of the wreckage of the Lily Jean found no victims as Massachusetts continues efforts to bring closure to the families of six missing crew members.

08/13/2026

https://newbedfordlight.org/whos-to-say-this-pier-aint-next-fishermen-fear-shrinking-dock-space/

City officials struck a deal to keep a cruise line coming back. It displaced New Bedford fishermen along the historic waterfront.

08/12/2026

This week's quota list:

https://tinyurl.com/kec9xjfb

08/10/2026

Gloucester remembers crew of the Lily Jean in emotional ceremony: ‘We need to bring them home’: https://tinyurl.com/5n6nrfud

08/08/2026

State leaders join fishing families to honor Maine fishermen lost at sea:
https://tinyurl.com/y27km3p5