National Fisherman

Around the Coast

There wasn't much of a market for mackerel in Maine in the 1960s and — Makerel. Wikipedia/Jastrow photo.

Scientists report 42% drop in mackerel biomass in NE Atlantic

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A fisher attaching a temperature and depth sensor to his fishing net in Ghana (Ocean Data Network, Environmental Defense Fund, Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, and the University of Ghana)

Scientists hitchhiking with fishermen, freighters to get data

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Plentiful anchovies lift fish meal production

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Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Second minke whale found dead off N.J.

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Lawmaker grills La. festival over sales of imported shrimp

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Seafood Watch upgrades Pacific bluefin’s red rating

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Oyster farm die-offs baffle scientists

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Commentary: Wind farms more threat than remedy

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Menhaden numbers stirring concerns

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A 1977 image of a whale being harpooned by a Russian vessel was among a series of whaling photos from Greenpeace which shocked the world. Photo by Rex Weyler | BBC

How a 1970s media campaign put the brakes on whaling

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Shrimpers, locals are being displaced in bayou towns

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