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3.25.2026. UMaine’s Local Catch Network: Bolstering seafood businesses and coastal communities nationwide
1.20.2026. Webinar: USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Program Applications
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
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
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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