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Remote setting tanks at the Noank Oyster Cooperative in Groton, Conn. In the distance is Fisher's Island Sound. The tanks were installed to test the feasibility of remote setting oysters to supplement wild stocks and hatchery raised oysters grown in upwe.

Farming in federal waters: NMFS promotes offshore aquaculture

Apprentices — (Left, top to bottom) Alex Simon, Cathryn Klusmeier and Ellie Schmidt. (Right) Klusmeier and Jake Metzger fish on the F/V I Gotta as part of ALFA's apprenticeship program. Eric Jordan photos.

Apprentices at sea

Alaska Picks and Pans 2017 — Seaweed, Kodiak, Pebble Mine and Salmon Sisters top Laine Welch's list of Alaska's biggest fish stories of the year.

Picks and pans: Alaska’s best and worst fish stories of 2017

A depiction of the storms' destruction from

Remembering the epic Northwest Atlantic winter storms of 1876

The state terminated Cooke Aquaculture

Clearing the water

Yank Marine brings 820-ton Travelift hoist to the mid-Atlantic — The new 820-metric-ton Marine Travelift at Yank Marine gets its first workout with the fishing vessel Pacific Capes in November. Marine Travelift photo.

Yank Marine brings 820-ton Travelift to mid-Atlantic

An all-youth Alaska seine crew. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo.

Working with the next generation in Alaska

Frank Gee Ocean Gale — Frank Gee on his salmon and Dungeness boat the Ocean Gale. Gee and his crew are safe after the boat caught fire and sank at dusk on Monday, Nov. 20, off Pillar Point, Calif.

Captain describes the Ocean Gale’s Monday night fire and sinking

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.

Regulations hinder Maine lobster bait boats

Boats tied up at Fishermen's Terminal, Seattle. Doug Stewart photo.

Seattle strikes it hot