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Californians eye ropeless gear

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Oregon extends whale protections, to detriment of crabbers

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Aerial view Iron Gate Dam, Klamath River, CA.U.S. Department of the Interior photo.

World's largest dam removal project gets approval

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Dungeness crab pots stack on the boat. Doug Stewart photo

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Pacific Seafood faces anticompetitive lawsuit over Dungeness crab market

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/bfcd8a199a519db5810e1e7e56e78f3a.jpg — Credit: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Calif. halts retention of quillback rockfish

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/66994ae4732f31db08c9c1adad362b83.jpg — Photo by Marco Santos: https://www.pexels.com/photo/water-waves-splashing-rocks-on-shore-584928/

Calif. fishermen ask harbor to keep berthing rates flat

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Coast Guard coordinates rescue of Micronesia fishermen

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/bfe04aefd23404de530a6e1b4ef3b1b1.jpg — Photo by Elianne Dipp: https://www.pexels.com/photo/humpback-whale-underwater-4666750/

NMFS to form West Coast humpback take reduction team

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Roger Ftizgerald's columns spanned 25 years of rapid change in the Alaska fishing industry and its communities. National Fisherman archives.

Longtime Alaska Fisherman's Journal, National Fisherman columnist Roger Fitzgerald passes

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Rep. Hoyle supporting backbone of Oregon coastal communities with new legislation

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The late Erling Skaar in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009 during a UN conference on climate change. Skaar was an early leader among U.S. fishermen, pressing to defend the industry from pollution threats. Brad Warren photo.

Noted mariner, innovator Erling Skaar goes out singing