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Built in 1998 at Hutt Brothers in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, the Just Splashy exhibits the typical Island design—a flared bow and sheer that rolls down from the bow and sweeps up again slightly towards the stern. Photo by Molyneaux

Boat of the month: F/V Just Splashy just can’t stop fishing

Paul Molyneaux

The Supersede Marine Board has superior structural integrity to traditional plywood, is more cost-effective, and is sustainably crafted using recycled plastic waste. Photo courtesy of Supersede

Supersede's alternative to wood

Paul Molyneaux

An automatic feeding buoy for offshore fish farming was part of the UNH's continuing work on offshore aquaculture development. Other universities and entities around the world are working on the complex engineering required for open ocean aquaculture. Pho

Act seeks to block offshore aquaculture in US EEZ

Paul Molyneaux

The GAO has published a report on NMFS taking too long to provide relief to fishermen after disasters. Photo by Vineyard Perspective

GAO: Faster, clearer fishery disaster relief from NOAA

Carli Stewart

mCDR is a set of experimental techniques that could someday play a major role in combating climate change by accelerating the ocean’s uptake and storing heat-trapping carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Marine carbon dioxide removal: How fishermen can have a voice

Sarah Schumann

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle interdict a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 22, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Edward Wargo

Coast Guard detains 4 for fishing illegally off Texas coast

NF Staff

President Donald Trump and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ, speak at a May 2024 campaign rally at Wildwood, N.J., where Trump promised “we are going to make sure that (offshore wind project development) ends on day one." Real America's Voice video image.

Offshore wind opponents reel from Trump turnaround

NF Staff

The 2025 Pacific Marine Expo dates have been announced. Photo courtesy of Brandon Cole

PME 2025: Back in Seattle, bigger and better

Carli Stewart

American Unagi photo.

An American market for American elvers

Paul Molyneaux

Marine carbon dioxide removal is not yet a significant subject of fishermen’s daily dock talk; however, organizations think it's time to make it one. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Marine carbon dioxide removal: What fishermen need to know

Sarah Schumann

Last week, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan spoke harsh words to the federal government about the failure of timely fisheries surveys. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

“Get on with the surveys” or risk shutting down U.S. fisheries

NF Staff