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Over 100 groundfish industry volunteers worked in 80 degree heat at Terminal 91 at the Port of Seattle on May 28 to clean four huge midwater trawl nets to recycle plastics in the into new products. Photo by John Dunlap, Trident Seafoods

June 5, 2026

Groundfish industry cleans 55,935 pounds of nets for recycling

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

Station Papa in Gulf of Alaska. Photo courtesy of NOAA

June 7, 2026

Loss of ocean monitoring could create fisheries blind spot

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