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The 59’ longliner Evening Star was one of 140 boats that was hauled out and overhauled in 2024 at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op photo.

That’s a wrap for 2024 at Port Townsend

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Michael Crowley

President Donald Trump holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Shutterstock photo.

Trump moves to end wind power leases

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Pullmaster’s largest winch, the H30 rapid reverse winch—seen here on the New Bedford-based scalloper/trawler Ocean Pride—does not freewheel but lets wire out at 4.3 times the speed that it hauls it in. Paul Molyneaux photo.

The Cadillac of winches powering commercial fishing

Paul Molyneaux

Podcast: Galley Stories EP 104 Deckboss Ian Vincent

Doug Stewart

Photo by The Marksman on Unsplash

Two fishermen rescued near Kodiak

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NH looking for candidates to serve on fishing council

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Right whales on the surface between Hudson and Block Canyons 40 to 70 miles south of Long Island, N.Y., photographed by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey. New England Aquarium photo/NMFS permit # 25739.

NMFS drops proposed boat speed limits to protect whales

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Dredge samples of sea scallops collected during the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s 2024 Integrated Sea Scallop and HabCam Research Survey sit on a vessel. Photo by Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Fishermen brace for challenges as scallop framework is reviewed

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Alaska's largest groundfish and crab fisheries begin each year's fishing cycle. Photo by Troy Larson

Alaska's winter fisheries kick off: Groundfish, crab, and rising market trends

Laine Welch

In David Goethel's powerful memoir Endangered Species, Goethel shares the personal journey of a man fighting to survive in the fishing industry and offers an intimate look into the threats facing small boat fishermen. Photo by the Goethel family

Endangered Species: One man's fight for the sea

Carli Stewart

WDFW has announced the commercial Dungeness crab season opening on January 15, from Klipsan Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula to Cape Falcon, Oregon. Photo by WDFW

Washington sets date for Dungeness season for coastal region

Carli Stewart