National Fisherman

Swordfish

Swordfish harpooners urged to use hooks, carry passengers

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Marlin almost spears fisherman in Gulf of Mexico

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Photo by Oleksandr Sushko on Unsplash

New Bedford center to host swordfish exhibit

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Blake Herman stands in the pulpit of the Sharon G., bearing down on a swordfish off the coast of California. Access to MPAs in the Channel Islands will afford Herman more options when weather and other factors limit where he can fish. Photo by Blake Herman

Petition to open California MPAs for swordfishing

Paul Molyneaux

Photo by Michael Worden on Unsplash

Swordfish moving north in Canadian waters

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Swordfish on deck during long-lining operations. NOAA photo.

ICCAT declines calls for tuna, swordfish management change

Chris Chase

A proposed 770,000 square mil marine sanctuary would incorporate the existing Remote Island Marine National Monument and “currently unprotected submerged lands and waters,” according to the Biden administration. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service graphic.

Pacific islands sanctuary debated at House hearing

Kirk Moore

Fisherman Nathan Perez of Newport Beach, Calif., fishes for swordfish with deep-set buoy gear and harpoon on his 47-foot boat Great Bear II. Nathan Perez photo.

First permits issuing for California deep-set swordfish captains

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President Biden reversed the Trump administration executive order that would have permitted commercial fishing to continue in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.

Draft management plan for Northeast Canyons marine monument

Kirk Moore

Jerry Sansom served as executive director of the Organized Fishermen of Florida for more than 40 years. Photo courtesy Jerry Sansom.

National Fisherman Highliner: Jerry Sansom

Kirk Moore

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/608b266f68566e214d9a0a280efcac85.jpg — Atlantic striped marlin. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Captain of fishing boat disqualified for ‘mutilated’ marlin says the win was ‘taken away from us’

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