Fishing Losses: FEMA declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has recorded 6 declarations with “Fishing Losses” as the primary incident type, from 28 Sep 1972 to 13 Sep 1994 . The most in one year was 3, in 1994.

Incident types are FEMA's own classification. See how FEMA declares disasters.These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

Latest declarations

Latest 6 fishing losses declarations
Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
The El Nino (the Salmon Industry) (FEMA website) California Fishing Losses 13 Sep 1994 DR-1038-CA
The El Nino (the Salmon Industry) (FEMA website) Washington Fishing Losses 2 Aug 1994 DR-1037-WA
The El Nino (the Salmon Industry) (FEMA website) Oregon Fishing Losses 2 Aug 1994 DR-1036-OR
Red Tide-Toxic Algae (FEMA website) Maine Fishing Losses 20 Sep 1980 EM-3082-ME
Toxic Algae in Coastal Waters (FEMA website) Massachusetts Fishing Losses 28 Sep 1972 DR-357-MA
Toxic Algae in Coastal Waters (FEMA website) Maine Fishing Losses 28 Sep 1972 DR-356-ME

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Declarations per year

Fishing Losses declarations per year, 1972–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with fishing losses as the primary incident type, by year declared. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. 2026 is partial: it runs to the latest FEMA record.
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Fishing Losses declarations per year, 1972–2026
Year Declarations
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
2006 0
2005 0
2004 0
2003 0
2002 0
2001 0
2000 0
1999 0
1998 0
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 3
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 0
1984 0
1983 0
1982 0
1981 0
1980 1
1979 0
1978 0
1977 0
1976 0
1975 0
1974 0
1973 0
1972 2

By decade

Fishing Lossesdeclarations by decade declared
Decade Declarations
1970s 2
1980s 1
1990s 3

States and territories with the most

Top states forfishing lossesdeclarations
State or territory Declarations
Maine 2
California 1
Washington 1
Oregon 1
Massachusetts 1