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32 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
2025-09-04 · Resources · IF13096 · HTML available · PDF available
President Trump’s April 2025 Executive Order on American Seafood Competitiveness: Considerations for U.S. Fisheries
2025-09-02 · Resources · IF13017 · HTML available · PDF available
The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument: Commercial Fishing Interests and Considerations for Congress
2025-08-25 · Resources · IF13090 · HTML available · PDF available
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
2025-08-25 · Resources · IF12768 · HTML available · PDF available
The Marine Mammal Commission
2025-08-13 · Resources · IF13015 · HTML available · PDF available
The Rice’s Whale: Conservation Efforts, Implications for Ocean Sectors, and Considerations for Congress
2025-07-23 · Resources · IF12835 · HTML available · PDF available
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-07-14 · Reports · R41153 · HTML available · PDF available
The Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP)
2025-04-30 · Reports · R48469 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils
2025-04-29 · Reports · R47645 · HTML available · PDF available
DNA Methylation: Applications to Living Marine Resource Management
2025-04-09 · Resources · IF12962 · HTML available · PDF available
Science and Technology Issues for the 119th Congress
2025-04-03 · Reports · R48482 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Disaster Assistance for Businesses: Summaries and Policy Options
2025-03-25 · Reports · R47631 · HTML available · PDF available
Selected Potential Considerations with Respect to Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: In Brief
2025-03-10 · Reports · R48159 · HTML available · PDF available
Fishery Disaster Assistance
2025-01-31 · Reports · RL34209 · HTML available · PDF available
Fishery Resource Disaster Determination Timeframes
2025-01-23 · Infographics · IG10062 · HTML available · PDF available
The North Atlantic Right Whale: Conservation Trade-Offs with Selected Marine Sectors and Considerations for Congress
2025-01-15 · Resources · IF12776 · HTML available · PDF available
Wildlife Corridors: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-01-13 · Reports · R48350 · HTML available · PDF available
Canada: Background and U.S. Relations
2025-01-10 · Reports · R47620 · HTML available · PDF available
Offshore Wind: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Engagement with Federally Recognized Tribes
2024-10-15 · Resources · IF12650 · HTML available · PDF available
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Frequently Asked Questions
2024-10-08 · Reports · R48215 · HTML available · PDF available
Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams
2024-06-07 · Reports · R48089 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Business Disaster Assistance
2024-03-13 · Infographics · IG10047 · HTML available · PDF available
Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind on the Marine Ecosystem and Associated Species: Background and Issues for Congress
2024-01-19 · Reports · R47894 · HTML available · PDF available
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (P.L. 92522): Primer and Issues for Congress
2024-01-05 · Reports · R47892 · HTML available · PDF available
“Who Says It’s a Disaster?”: Podcast Companion
2023-12-19 · Posts · IN12290 · HTML available · PDF available
Protection of Undersea Telecommunication Cables: Issues for Congress
2023-08-07 · Reports · R47648 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 and the U.S. Seafood Sector
2020-09-21 · Reports · R46535 · HTML available · PDF available
Saltonstall-Kennedy Act: Background and Issues
2020-07-14 · Reports · R46335 · HTML available
U.S. Offshore Aquaculture Regulation and Development
2019-10-10 · Reports · R45952 · HTML available · PDF available
Sea Lion Predation on Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead
2018-12-12 · Resources · IF11045 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Management of Saltwater Recreational Fisheries
2018-08-17 · Resources · IF10949 · HTML available · PDF available
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA): Reauthorization Issues for the 115th Congress
2018-07-27 · Resources · IF10267 · HTML available · PDF available