National Fisherman

Herring

The Persistence and Relentless are two of the Seafreeze Ltd. trawler fleet. Seafreeze photo.

Atlantic herring fishermen open appeal of monitoring case

Steve Bittenbender

Atlantic herring. Northeast Fisheries Science Center/NOAA photo.

Owner and crew of Maine herring seiner charged with misreporting landings

Kirk Moore

Alaska Bering Sea crab crew pulls a pot on deck. ASMI/Chris Miller photo

Alaska bycatch updates: Task force meets this week

Laine Welch

NamJet expands on Alaska markets with niche fisheries.

Bayou to Bristol Bay: NamJet goes niche

Brian Hagenbuch

Loligo squid are among the research subjects in the 2022 round of funding for the Science Center for Marine Fisheries. NMFS photo.

Science group funds $126,000 for Atlantic fisheries studies

Kirk Moore

Pacific herring sample. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo

Pacific herring: Survey supports Jan. 1 opening, 750-ton quota

Charlie Ess

The Starlight is one of two O’Hara Lobster Bait midwater trawlers. It was launched from Eastern Shipyard in Panama City in the late 1970s, then overhauled at Patti Marine in Pensacola, Fla., and returned to Rockland, Maine in June 2019. Tom Farrell photo

Feds declare East Coast herring fishery a disaster

Jessica Hathaway

Alannah Hurley and Mae Syvrud host President Barack Obama in Alaska's Bristol Bay in September 2015, shortly after the EPA proposed permanent protections. UTBB/Pete Souza photo

Alaska’s Bristol Bay gets protection promise from EPA

Jessica Hathaway

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Maine herring area 1A shuts for two months

NF Staff

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Study finds existing forage fish management is working

Kirk Moore

Cordova, Alaska. Cheryl Ess photo

Alaska’s salmon season starts soon, plus pot shrimp, Dungeness, halibut and more…

Laine Welch