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Jason Delacruz of Florida is one of the 2024 National Fisherman Highliners of the Year. Photo by the Delacruz family

2024 Highliner of the year: Jason Delacruz

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The Alaska Symphony of Seafood is set for November 19 at the King Street Ballroom, this annual event hosted by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation. Photo by Britton Spark (@couchchronicles)

Alaska Symphony of Seafood returns to Seattle

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According to a study published in October, seabirds fitted with radar detectors that pick up emissions from navigation equipment could help identify IUU fishing. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

AI to combat illegal fishing and enhance vessel tracking

Paul Molyneaux

One of the 2024 National Fisherman Highliners of the Year is Marty Scanlon of Fairhaven, MA. Photo by Scanlon

2024 Highliner of the year: Marty Scanlon

Kirk Moore

Lee Shore Boat’s newest addition to the Salish Seafoods fleet is the Seahawk, Salish Seafoods’ second 40’ x 14’ outboard powered aluminum scow for its oyster and clam operations. Lee Shore Boats photo.

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A one-stop boatyard in Washington

Michael Crowley

Bluenalu’s early testing with consumers and chefs has yielded positive feedback, and CEO Lou Cooperhouse notes that the company will be able to provide consistent quality cultivated tuna on demand. Photo by Bluenalu

Designer seafood poised to transform U.S. markets

Paul Molyneaux

The dwindling Tanner crab fishery will open on January 15, 2025. Photo courtesy of ADF&G

Small Tanner crab fishery will go fast in Kodiak

Laine Welch

Story and photos by Holly Hughes from the 1983 National Fishermen Yearbook

Fishing Back When: Role of fishermen's wives

Carli Stewart

Scientists have been looking at the possible effects of abundant pink salmon populations on the North Pacific ecosystem for more than two decades. Photo by Preston and Teresa Cole

Scientists warn pink salmon boom threatens other species

Paul Molyneaux

Governor Jay Inslee speaking with attendees at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

Washington Governor Jay Inslee to Deliver "State of the Blue" Keynote at Pacific Marine Expo

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Summit on the Bay II, to bring together Native and non-Native experts from Maine and the Canadian Maritimes to make a plan for reviving the over-exploited Passamaquoddy Bay system. Photo by David Borish

Collaborative effort to restore Passamaquoddy Bay

Paul Molyneaux