About

Global Legal Counsel for the Aquaculture Industry

The Fisheries and Aquaculture practice at K&L Gates provides comprehensive legal services for companies and organizations involved with seafood production, drawing on a wide range of legal capabilities. The complex legal, regulatory, and policy challenges facing the seafood industry are met by our team of lawyers and policy professionals with a deep understanding of fisheries and aquaculture issues. 

Our lawyers and policy professionals have handled some of the largest transactions and litigated some of the most contested cases in fishing industry history. We have been at the forefront of every major legislative and regulatory change affecting the industry for more than 40 years. Beginning with the passage of the US Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976, our firm has maintained a longstanding reputation for excellence in representing a wide variety of clients. 

We represent clients throughout the United States and across the globe, counseling seafood companies, aquaculture operations, trade associations, fishing vessel owners, fish and shellfish processors, importers, and domestic and international lenders and investors. 

Learn more about our Fisheries and Aquaculture practice at klgates.com/Fisheries.

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. For more information about K&L Gates or its locations, practices and registrations, visit klgates.com.