COVID-19 Impacts on U.S. Fishing and Seafood Industries Show Broad Declines in 2020

NOAA Fisheries has released a report that analyzes the impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. seafood industry and for-hire fishing sector for 2020.

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Snow Cone, an North Atlantic right whale, entangled in fishing rope with her newborn calf Snow Cone with her newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Georgia on December 2, 2021. Snow Cone is an endangered North Atlantic right whale and is entangled in fishing rope. Credit: Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556.
Recreational fisherman with Atlantic Sailfish Recreational fisherman with Atlantic Sailfish. Credit: Austin Porter.
Photo of a North Pacific right whale at the surface. North Pacific right whale. Credit: International Whaling Commission.
A humpback whale tail fluke is visible above the water with mountains in the background. Humpback whale in Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #14245).