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F/V Texas Lady ran aground. Photo courtesy of Robert Anderson / Oregon Coastal Crabbing & Shellfish Facebook page

January 12, 2026

All souls saved after F/V Texas Lady washed ashore near Port Orford

Decades-long pattern of violations leads to felony convictions for Alaska fisherman. Photo courtesy of bonilook / Shutterstock

January 20, 2026

Alaskan convicted on multiple felony fishing violations

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January 14, 2026

Lobstermen’s knowledge offers critical insight into the Gulf of Maine

One of the Port Orford’s two new 50-ton cranes lifts a boat out of the water. Commissioned on November 30, just in time for the December 16 Dungeness crab opening. The new cranes saw a few days of 24-hour-a-day service as the boat got their traps out. Pho

January 13, 2026

Harborless Port Orford gets new cranes to lift boats onto its “Dolly Dock”

After more than 80 years, Columbia River Chinook and sockeye salmon have regained access to 1,000 miles of spawning habitat above the Grand Coulee and Chie Joseph Dams in Washington. Upper Columbia Tribes in the US and Canada welcome their return. Photo c

January 16, 2026

A homecoming for Upper Columbia River salmon

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