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A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew medevaced an ailing fisherman from a vessel 92 miles offshore Brunswick, Georgia. Coast Guard photo.

June 13, 2026

Fisherman medevaced off Georgia coast

Alaska's five Pacific salmon species are all forecast to see lower harvests in 2026, with global sockeye, keta, and pink supplies also expected to decline significantly from recent averages. Shutterstock photo.

June 12, 2026

Report forecasts 15% drop in global salmon harvest

Initially established under President Bush in 2009, the no-fishing zone around Wake, Johnston and Jarvis in the Pacific Islands Heritage Monument was extended to 200 miles by President Obama in 2014. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council gra

June 11, 2026

Trump moves to reopen Pacific remote waters for fishing

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

June 17, 2026

NOAA says $123 million coming for six ‘fishery resource disasters’

Alaska’s newly built crab hatchery is inside the Trident Seafoods plant on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Shiona Melovidov photo.

June 18, 2026

Partners hatch a project to return Alaska king crab stock to health

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