Atlantic fishers are feeling the pinch as Japan brings in cheap Russian product rather than Canadian snow crabs, with federal ministers and provincial premiers saying they are raising the issue with Japanese officials. But Tokyo is pushing back on claims that its trade decisions are undermining G7 sanctions—or that they are having much of an…

Alaska crabbers could receive $300 million in federal disaster relief after the state suspended the 2022 harvest season for the first time in history over a rapidly declining snow crab population. The U.S. Senate last week approved the funding for fishery disasters in a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus bill for 2023. On Dec. 23, U.S. Secretary…