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Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate to California's Central Valley rivers to spawn. Photo by Miles Daniels
December 12, 2025

California Chinook salmon are study of survival in changing climate

Photo courtesy of Bristol Bay Forever
December 12, 2025

New poll shows strong support for permanent Bristol Bay protections

The deceased shortfin mako shark washed ashore on Panama City Beach on November 21, 2025. Photo courtesy of NOAA
December 11, 2025

Scientists investigate shark stranding in Florida

Hattie Train, senior deputy harbor master in Portland, Maine, at work in Portland Harbor in October 2025. Caroline Losneck photo.
December 11, 2025

Hattie Train: Senior Deputy Harbor Master in Portland, Maine

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
December 11, 2025

Leveling the playing field for domestic and imported seafood

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Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate to California's Central Valley rivers to spawn. Photo by Miles Daniels

Margaret Bauman

December 12, 2025

California Chinook salmon are study of survival in changing climate

The deceased shortfin mako shark washed ashore on Panama City Beach on November 21, 2025. Photo courtesy of NOAA

NF Staff

December 11, 2025

Scientists investigate shark stranding in Florida

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Paul Molyneaux

December 11, 2025

Leveling the playing field for domestic and imported seafood

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Jerry Dzugan (left), former executive director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, with Zhongfu Ge, ABS technology manager, at the training tool handover ceremony at the AMSEA headquarters in Sitka, Alaska. ABS photo.

ABS unveils simulation-based stability training for commercial fishermen

December 12, 2025

NF Staff

Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate to California's Central Valley rivers to spawn. Photo by Miles Daniels

California Chinook salmon are study of survival in changing climate

December 12, 2025

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of Bristol Bay Forever

New poll shows strong support for permanent Bristol Bay protections

December 12, 2025

NF Staff

The deceased shortfin mako shark washed ashore on Panama City Beach on November 21, 2025. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Scientists investigate shark stranding in Florida

December 11, 2025

NF Staff

Hattie Train, senior deputy harbor master in Portland, Maine, at work in Portland Harbor in October 2025. Caroline Losneck photo.

Hattie Train: Senior Deputy Harbor Master in Portland, Maine

December 11, 2025

Caroline Losneck

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Leveling the playing field for domestic and imported seafood

December 11, 2025

Paul Molyneaux

New regulations could allow scalloping vessels to spend more time at sea. Photo courtesy of Brooke Kushwaha / The New Bedford Light

New Bedford weighs scallop permit-stacking as fleet sits idle

December 10, 2025

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A study released by NOAA stated that the snow crab collapse was due to the marine heatwave. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Study sheds light on what caused the Bering Sea snow crab collapse

December 10, 2025

NF Staff

Judge strikes down Trump ban on new wind power approvals

December 9, 2025

Kirk Moore

Miss Denise Blount’s book, Memories of a Southern Girl, tells stories of a childhood in the fishing community of Swan Quarter, North Carolina, back in the 1950s. Now in her 70s, she is still picking shrimp. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Stories from the margins of the industry

December 9, 2025

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of melissamn

Pacific halibut catches declined this year

December 9, 2025

Laine Welch

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

Oregon Dungeness fishermen will be hauling in time for the holidays

December 8, 2025

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NOAA awards over $26.4 M for marine debris removal

December 8, 2025

Margaret Bauman

The 40-foot wooden albacore troller Jo El was built in Sunnyside, Washington, in 1967. Every year, owner Brett Montague hauls her out for a new coat of paint, new zincs, and other maintenance. Photo courtesy Brett Montague

Boat of the Month, the Jo El

December 5, 2025

Paul Molyneaux

Menhaden Fisheries Coalition analysis finds widely repeated claims “simply not supported by the record”. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Scientists did not recommend a 54 percent cut to the menhaden TAC

December 4, 2025

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of Earth Justice

Contamination safeguards of transboundary mining questioned

December 4, 2025

Margaret Bauman

The Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement (Fish Wellness) Act has been reintroduced. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

FISH Wellness Act reintroduced to strengthen fishermen’s safety and health

December 3, 2025

Carli Stewart

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