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A wrecked shrimp boat near Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Paige Hause.

More than $42 million newly allocated to U.S. fishery disaster relief

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The Chipmans built their wharf themselves. After the January storms swept away their wharf, they will have to do it again –but stronger if these events are to be the new normal. Chipman’s Wharf photos.

Rebuilding in Maine

Paul Molyneaux

Responders from the Center for Coastal Studies work to free an minke whale entangled in a 20-pot trawl line in June 2022. The team cut the buoy line near the whale’s mouth, and the fisherman was able to recover the gear. Center for Coastal Studies photo/

NOAA reports whale entanglements decreased in 2022

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Matt Johnston leased a crab license during the pandemic. Coming out of lockdown he realized he wanted to commit to the fishery and decided to build a boat at Full Time Fabrication with his old friend TJ Lowry. Full Time Fabrication photo.

The Wild West

Paul Molyneaux

Pacific cod. NOAA photo.

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

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Russia's fishing fleet modernization continues. A St. Petersburg yard delivered the Mekhanik Maslak—reportedly designed with assistance from Skipteknisk, and outfitted with Seonics deck gear—to the Russian Fishing Company in May 2023. United Shipbuilding

On the Russian front

Paul Molyneaux

Shrimp trawlers in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Photo by Doug Stewart.

Louisiana Shrimpers Association challenge federal mandate

Carli Stewart

Captain Michelle Bancewicz and crew, Lea Pinaud fighting a fish on the stern of F/V No Limits. Photo courtesy of PFTV

Wicked Tuna' Vessels, Captains, and Season Winners

Carli Stewart

Louisiana crawfish may be headed for their worst season ever in 2024 after months of persistent drought and low water. Louisiana State University/Ray McLain photo.

Louisiana crawfish may be headed for ‘worst season ever’

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A fire erupted around 11 a.m. Jan. 22 at the Port of Ilwaco, Ore., reportedly destroying scores of crab pots staged for the Dungeness crab season. Pacific County Emergency Management Agency video image.

Fire sweeps Washington dock at brink of Dungeness season

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This classic wooden deadrise workboat was one of over 100 hulls that Francis and Esther Haynie built at their Virginia home/boatyard. Larry Chowning photo.

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Remembering Haynie’s Boatyard

Larry Chowning