The Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission voted to increase the 2013 commercial catch of black sea bass and will open the season on August 6. The change will allow pot fishermen to catch sea bass and sell to local...

Morning Sentinel: Members of New England’s congressional delegation are asking federal fisheries regulators for more flexibility in setting cod catch limits for next year as the region’s already struggling groundfish industry faces the potential for even more severe cuts....

The Associated Press reports that an 80% cut to the catch of yellowtail flounder on Georges Bank is “set to deal a vicious blow to a fishing industry already edging toward ruin.” The cut was made after new data...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission‘s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board has approved state-by-state shares for the 2011 black sea bass recreational season in order to mitigate potential disproportionate impacts to an individual state(s) that coastwide...