National Fisherman

NF Staff

NF Staff

Author Archive

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued six fishermen from the disabled vessels Georgia P. and Seahorse in the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles east of Venice, La., Dec. 23 2023. Coast Guard photo.

Six fishermen rescued 70 miles off Louisiana

Coast Guard watchstanders at Charleston, S.C., used direction finding technology to verify the likely location of a mayday signal from a fishing vessel sinking 34 miles offshore Dec. 19, 2023. Coast Guard Sector Charleston graphic.

Coast Guard hoists fishermen after capsize off South Carolina

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

Northern California Dungeness opener set for Jan. 5

Bureau of Offshore Energy Management image.

BOEM announces environmental review for California wind leases

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

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

A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha off southern Texas Dec. 9. Coast Guard photo.

Five lancha crews nabbed in one day off south Texas

Bering Sea pollock come aboard a trawler. NMFS video image.

More Alaska groups join salmon bycatch lawsuit

National Fisherman — Winter 2023

A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

Navy to build $146.7 million NOAA marine operations center in Rhode Island