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Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership
March 23, 2026

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

Shark caught as bycatch. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 19, 2026

Hook-based shark deterrent shows promise in cutting bycatch

The Klamath River mouth. Photo courtesy of Thomas Dunklin / NOAA Fisheries
March 18, 2026

Thousands of fall Chinook salmon return to Klamath River Basin

Pacific halibut fishermen across all sectors—commercial, sport, subsistence, and personal use—will compete for the smallest harvest set in the 102-year history of the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 26, 2026

Halibut quota hits record low as fishermen compete for shrinking catch

Three proposals require that recognized best-practice bycatch mitigation tools be used in groundfish harvesting within state waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 22, 2026

New proposals would protect Alaska waters from bottom trawling

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Ocean Integrity has a patent pending on its Aquatherm Disruptor. According to CEO Kieran Kelly, it consists of a huge net pulled through deep water to create upwelling and bring as much as one million tons of colder water per minute to the surface. Photo

Paul Molyneaux

March 31, 2026

Geo-engineering a healthy ocean

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F/V Carl & Co from Long Island, Maine, makes its appearance in Gloucester for the 2026 NGOM scallop season. Photo courtesy of Carli Stewart

Carli Stewart

March 31, 2026

NGOM scallopers brace for lower quota as 2026 season reopens

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The effort to crack down on illegal fishing is moving forward again on Capitol Hill, with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act advancing out of the U.S. Senate. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Carli Stewart

March 31, 2026

FISH Act advances as Senate targets illegal foreign fishing fleets

F/V Carl & Co from Long Island, Maine, makes its appearance in Gloucester for the 2026 NGOM scallop season. Photo courtesy of Carli Stewart

NGOM scallopers brace for lower quota as 2026 season reopens

March 31, 2026

Carli Stewart

The effort to crack down on illegal fishing is moving forward again on Capitol Hill, with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act advancing out of the U.S. Senate. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

FISH Act advances as Senate targets illegal foreign fishing fleets

March 31, 2026

Carli Stewart

Ocean Integrity has a patent pending on its Aquatherm Disruptor. According to CEO Kieran Kelly, it consists of a huge net pulled through deep water to create upwelling and bring as much as one million tons of colder water per minute to the surface. Photo

Geo-engineering a healthy ocean

March 31, 2026

Paul Molyneaux

Shrimp trawler boats bring their catch to the seafood dealer on Bayou Lafourche. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Louisiana moves to reshape fisheries commission

March 30, 2026

Carli Stewart

Sitka Sound herring fishery opens, however, low participation is expected. Photo courtesy of Alaska Fish News

Sitka Sound herring fishery opens, but low participation expected

March 30, 2026

NF Staff

Commercial fishing boats in Yaquina Bay Harbor with crab pots on deck. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Oregon ballot measure could reshape fishing, farming

March 30, 2026

NF Staff

Peter Robinson (left), Willie Ramsdell (center) and Togue Brawn, owner of Downeast Dayboat, sail aboard a boat to collect scallops. Photo courtesy of Togue Brawn

Local Catch Network backs fishermen-first businesses with new federal funding

March 30, 2026

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Kyle Phillips of UC Davis preserves fresh-caught zooplankton sample in Wings Landing, a tidal restoration site in Suisun Marsh.  Photo by Lynette Williams-Duman/UC Davis

Hot spots in San Francisco area wetlands are teeming with fish food

March 30, 2026

Margaret Bauman

Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The city is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fuel spike from Iran conflict threatens to tie up U.S. shrimp fleet

March 27, 2026

Nathan Strout

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British Columbia spot prawn fisherman, Mark Urwin, has brought Australian boat design to North America with his new boat, the Kaitiaki. “It means, ‘guardian’ in Maori,” says Urwin, who originally hails from New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Toura Boat Craft

Canadian prawn boat breaks barriers in vessel design

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F/V Faith Crew Ready to Shrimp

Handstand on the Deck of F/V Defiant

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