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DOGE Alaska is a group of citizens who are researching waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s a project and not a formal organization. Photo by Mary Capriole

$2.4M grant found supporting tribal households

NF Staff

Luke Hartmann hauling traps off the Deer Isle coast. All on water photography taken by Spike Smigelski.

Luke Hartmann: Commercial lobsterman and sea glass jeweler

Ben Hayden

The 51-foot fiberglass longliner, Ricky B, is a Tompson Trawler built in 1977 by Rodney Thompson at T-Craft Boat Company in southern Florida. Photo by Sean McCarthy

Boat of the month: Ricky B

Paul Molyneaux

A small king crab fishery was approved by the Alaska Board of Fisheries for Southeastern parts of the state. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

King crab fishery approved in Southeast AK

Nathan Strout

Janine Hecht, left, Newport Englund Marine; Cari Brandberg, Newport Fishermen’s Wives; Len Tumbarello, Northwest Oregon Works maritime program; Amelia Vaughan, Oregon State University; and Dean Fleck, Newport Englund Marine. Photo courtesy of Newport News Times

Oregon commercial fishermen receive funding for safety

Carli Stewart

Shrimp boats in the Gulf.

Congressman Higgins asks Trump to impose tariffs on foreign seafood

NF Staff

Photo by Salmon Hatcheries for AK

Alaska Board of Fisheries rejects hatchery production cuts

NF Staff

Heather Douville returns home with a day’s harvest of sea otters. After years of practice, Douville can skin an otter in about ten minutes, and she passes the traditional knowledge she has acquired on to Indigenous youth. Photo by Michael Douville

Keeping the balance: Tlingit hunter fights for shellfish and tradition

Paul Molyneaux

The Coast Guard interdicted three lanchas, detained 11 Mexican fishermen, and seized approximately 1,595 pounds of illegally caught red snapper and nine sharks in federal waters off southern Texas on Thursday, February 6th. Photo by USCG/ Petty Officer 3r

Coast Guard seizes 1,595 pounds of illegal red snapper

NF Staff

WDFW opened their state’s coastal season after detailed test fishing and data analysis. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/ Austin Trigg

West Coast Dungeness crab kicks off after rigorous testing

Carli Stewart

Maine lobstermen’s defamation case against Monterey Bay Aquarium moves forward

NF Staff