National Fisherman

Groundfish

Pacific cod. NOAA photo.

North Pacific ‘heat waves’ speed hatching, increase mortality of juvenile cod

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Cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine. Gulf of Maine Research Institute photo.

NMFS extends Gulf of Maine haddock increase

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Photo courtesy of Katharine Coonjohn on Unsplash

Climate change may cause shifts of West Coast groundfish, NOAA says

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The New England Fishery Management Council asked NMFS for an emergency action to boost the 2023 allowable catch of haddock in the Gulf of Maine and avoid early shutdowns. NEFMC photo.

New England council sets 2024 groundfish quotas

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A final environmental assessment for the Sunrise Wind energy project recommends reducing the number of turbines to protect cod habitat and avoid seafloor geology resistant to pile driving. BOEM graphic.

BOEM says fewer turbines at Sunrise Wind to protect cod, avoid glauconite

Kirk Moore

Halibut hanging on a hook. Photo by Raegan Cureton on Unsplash

NOAA Fisheries Publishes Final Rule for Halibut Management Based on Abundance Assessment

Carli Stewart

Redfish in a Deepchill slurry, which the company says will bring the fish temperature from 15-18 degrees Celsius to 2 degrees Celsius in five minutes. Deepchill photo.

Cool It

Paul Molyneaux

Cassie Canastra is manager of C&P Trawlers which is acquiring eight vessels from the bankrupt Blue Harvest Fisheries in New Bedford, Mass. SMAST photo.

C&P Trawlers to buy Blue Harvest vessels, permits for $12 million

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Photo by Jakub Kapusnak on Unsplash

Crescent City, Calif., votes to support groundfish fishery

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Aerial view of the Portland Fish Pier. Courtesy of marinas.com

Portland Fish Exchange considers merging with pier authority amid financial losses

Carli Stewart

National Fisherman Highliner, Maggie Raymond. The former executive director of the Associated Fisheries of Maine, Raymond, 70, of South Berwick, Maine, became essential to the industry and New England Fishery Management Council’s efforts to stabilize fish

National Fisherman Highliner: Maggie Raymond

Kirk Moore