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10.20.2025. Applications Open for Seafood Accelerator Program

8.19.2025. November 9-11. Local Seafood Summit

11.4.2024. Applications Open for Seafood Accelerator Program

8.14.2024: September 8-14 is #FindYourSeafoodWeek

8.13.2024: U.S. Capable of Achieving Seafood Independence

9.05.2023: September 10-16 is #FindYourSeafoodWeek

6.28.2023: Funding Alert: Food System Case Studies

3.01.2023: First-Ever National Assessment of Seafood Marketing Practices  

8.16.2022: Direct marketing seafood businesses sought for second cohort of accelerator program

8.1.2022: August 22-28 is #FindYourSeafoodWeek

6.25.2022: Summit in Alaska to bring together thought leaders from across North America to discuss the future of local direct seafood supply chains

10.25.2021: Unique partnership to develop first-ever national seafood marketing practices assessment

9.27.2021: Seafood businesses sought for no-cost training program to catalyze local and regional food systems

8.5.2021: The Local Catch Network supports fishing communities through the USDA grant application process

3.31.2021: New research: local seafood networks see “bright spot” during COVID-19

12.18.2020: North American Local Catch Network awarded $500,000 USDA grant to catalyze “boat-to-fork” seafood marketing in the United States

3.25.2020: Local Catch Network offers solutions during COVID-19 crisis

In the News

 

UMaine: U.S. Capable of Achieving Seafood Independence

New York Times: The Best Fish Is Also the Most
Local. Why Is It So Hard to Find?

NPR One – KUOW: Leave the imported shrimp, take the local bivalves. Navigating sustainable seafood choices.

CNN Health: Mussel up to a Bowl of Bivalves This Fall

Seafood Source: Growing in popularity, local seafood movement picks up US government support

Good Morning America: Everything you need to know about sustainable seafood

National Fisherman: Direct marketers: These funds are for you

Hakai Magazine: Alternative Seafood Networks

National Post: Know your fisher: Local seafood networks thriving during COVID-19

The Counter: The pandemic could change U.S. fisheries forever. Will it be for better or for worse?

National Fisherman: Community-supported fisheries rush to pivot models as coronavirus cuts off restaurant clients

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