National Fisherman

Groundfish

Convicted fleet owner Carlos Rafael and two associates settled Coast Guard pollution charges involving the vessel Vila Nova do Corvo II for $511,000. Coast Guard photo/ PO2 Shannon Young — Convicted fleet owner Carlos Rafael and two associates settled Coast Guard pollution charges involving the vessel Vila Nova do Corvo II for $511,000. Coast Guard photo/

Carlos Rafael settles Coast Guard oil violations; feds auction boats

Kirk Moore

Atlantic pollock. Creative Commons/Tino Strauss photo

Pollock scarce — and expensive — as Northeast groundfish prices fluctuate

Caroline Losneck

Groundfish meetings — The New England Fishery Management Council will hold a series of meetings this summer as part of its mandatory review of the groundfish sector management system.

Sector series: Northeast groundfish meetings start July 18

Jessica Hathaway

Summer Flounder Trawl — Crewmen Joe Alverness and Denny St. Amand on the F/V

Summer flounder: Will quota increase affect regional markets?

Caroline Losneck

In the small boat harbor at Kodiak, Alaska. James Brooks photo.

Harvesting the haul

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Edward Kimmel photo.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges NOAA to keep fishing permits in New Bedford

Chris Chase

2017 0125 AtlanticCod groundfish — Atlantic cod. NOAA photo.

Quotas up for most key Northeast groundfish stocks

Caroline Losneck

fishing sector — Fishing boats in New Bedford, Mass. Samuel Hill photo.

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NMFS ends New Bedford groundfishing ban

Samuel Hill