OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- The Canadian Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada issued the following news release on Aug. 4: While small businesses are facing unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada will continue to be there to support them and the millions of Canadians they employ. Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, visited small businesses in Atlantic Canada--he  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has suspended its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery after determining that the fishery was potentially jeopardizing the survival of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Last week's decision comes following an increase in North Atlantic right whale deaths and serious injuries caused by entanglement in fishing gear. In April, a federal judge f  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 8 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 7: New reporting from The Hill reveals that Donald Trump's attempts to paper over the damage his disastrous trade policies have inflicted on Maine's vital lobster industry are falling flat. Despite pledging to "lift restrictions" for Maine's lobster industry, Trump's actions haven't "helped the Maine fisherman at all." While lobster hauls increased throughout President Obama's time in office, Trump's  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Marine heat waves across the world's oceans can displace habitat for sea turtles, whales, and other marine life by 10s to thousands of kilometers. They dramatically shift these animals' preferred temperatures in a fraction of the time that climate change is expected to do the same, new research shows. To measure that temporary dislocation of ocean surface temperatures, whi  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Paul Doremus, deputy assistant administrator for operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service at the Commerce Department, at a hearing entitled "Building a Stronger and More Resilient Seafood Sector": My name is Paul Doremus and I serve as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations within the National Oceanic and Atmos  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Cora Campbell, member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and president and CEO of Silver Bay Seafoods, at a hearing entitled "Building a Stronger and More Resilient Seafood Sector": Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today on the impacts of COVID-19 on the Alaska seafood industry and what's needed to build a stronger and more resilient seafood sector.   more

ORONO, Maine, Aug. 6 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Rising ocean temperatures and acidification, which results from decreasing pH levels, can increase adolescent lobsters' vulnerability to disease and impact their physiology, according to University of Maine scientists. Amalia Harrington studied the individual and combined effects of increased ocean acidification and warmth on adolescent, female American lobsters as a postdoctoral researcher at UMaine. Faculty fr  more