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A hold full of Dungeness, Bodega Bay. Faces of California Fishing photo.

Northern California Dungeness opener set for Jan. 5

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Pat McBride with a deckload of blackcod from the western Aleutians during the 1980s. Photo courtesy Barb McBride.

Pat McBride, Aleutians blackcod pioneer, passes at 69

Charlie Ess

Fishermen's Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

Carli Stewart

Bureau of Offshore Energy Management image.

BOEM announces environmental review for California wind leases

NF Staff

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 fisheries observer examines Alaska pollock on a trawler. NMFS image.

North Pacific council leaves pollock quota flat for 2024

Chris Chase

Halibut Ceviche recipe by LaDonna Gundersen. From one of her six cookbooks.

Recipes for the boat: Halibut Ceviche

LaDonna Rose Gundersen

Sector St. Petersburg Incident Management crews and pollution responders respond to a sunken vessel, Miss Jordi, diesel spill off Tampa Shrimp Docks, Dec. 17, 2023. The vessel was reported to have about 2,000 gallons of fuel on board. Coast Guard photo.

Fuel spill after shrimp boat sinks near Tampa

NF Staff

Life preserver on a dock. Photo by Roan Lavery on Unsplash

Unifying Efforts: Bipartisan Legislators Introduce Bill Ensuring Protection and Welfare of Commercial Fishermen

Carli Stewart

Among the innovations Alaska Metal Works introduced on the Phosphorescence were multiple winches on the picking booms enabling them to be adjusted with hydraulic controls. AKMW photo.

Innovative Alaskan seiner 'Phosphorescence' sets trends in fishing technology

Paul Molyneaux

The Richard Lee was built as a tour boat in 1979 and has been converted to a double decker oyster planter on Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia’s oysters build an industry – and a growing fleet

Larry Chowning