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A dead 1-year-old female right whale was towed to Tybee Island, Ga., for necropsy that found blunt force trauma including fractures of the skull, consistent with a vessel strike. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/NOAA permit 24359.

Right whale died in vessel strike off Georgia, NOAA says

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

Louisiana extends compromise menhaden fishing buffers

NOAA Fisheries recommends funding projects that explore innovative strategies to reduce red snapper discards and increase fishing opportunities in the South Atlantic. Photo by Martina Sappe on Shutterstock.

NOAA Fisheries seeks solutions to reduce red snapper discards in the South Atlantic

A fisherman opens a fish box as a boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo checks a Mexican lancha 26 miles off Texas Feb. 6, 2024. Coast Guard crews interdicted six lanchas and seized 1,300 pounds of red snapper and shark. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard interdicts 26 Mexican fishermen off Texas

Horseshoe crabs come ashore by the thousands to breed in spring at Mispillion Harbor, Del., and other Delaware Bay beaches. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Gregory Breese photo.

Endangered species listing sought for horseshoe crabs

Atlantic scallop landed on deck. Ben Hayden photo.

More scallop landings for 2024; more frequent VMS reporting

2023 National Fisherman Highliners at the Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA. Curt Brown, Maggie Raymond, Matt Alward, Jimmy Hull, and MJ Jackson. Photo by Britton Spark @couchchronicles

2024 National Fisherman Highliner submissions now open

Chinook salmon. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo/G. Ghrist.

California salmon disaster funding falls far short, say fishing advocates

Right whale catalogued as #5120, seen here as a healthy calf in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in July 2021.Gina Lonati/University of New Brunswick photo, taken under DFO Canada SARA permit.

Dead right whale at Martha’s Vineyard was seen entangled off Canada in 2022

Lobster pots outfitted with Edgetech on demand systems. Northeast Fisheries Science Center photo.

New round opens for testing pop-up lobster gear