World Fishing

International notes — fisheries and fleets outside the United States. Full archive — the homepage keeps a brief for 24 hours after it is published, and it stays on this page after that.

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World FishingNews deskSeptember 30, 2026
NOAA and American Samoa fishers finish a 15-day bottomfish life-history survey
NOAA Fisheries and American Samoa partners finished a 15-day bottomfish life-history survey aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette, collecting more than 900 samples to support species-specific assessments for six key snappers.
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World FishingNews deskSeptember 4, 2026
FAO marks ten years of the Port State Measures Agreement against illegal fishing
On the PSMA’s tenth year in force, FAO briefed regional fishery bodies in Rome on the Global Information Exchange System used to keep illegal catch out of port.
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World FishingNews deskSeptember 1, 2026
U.S. plans $17 million to fight illegal fishing in the Pacific Islands
At the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, the State Department said it intends to put $17 million into laws, officer training, and monitoring against IUU fishing.
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