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This trawler was engulfed in flames 12 miles off the Maine coast. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Consequences: An end to an early start

Leadership trainer Al Bolea talks to the 2018 class of Alaska Sea Grant

Producing leaders

Bristol Bay gillnetters — Bristol Bay gillnetters and tenders line up for the annual Southwest Alaska salmon rodeo. NF file photo

Tides turn in Bristol Bay: Another disaster at Clarks Point

Commercial Fishing Apprenticeship Program students on the trawler R/V Cap'n Bert, owned by the University of Rhode Island, as part of their on-sea training. Mitch Hatzipetro/URI Fisheries photo.

Rhode Island program trains motivated fishing apprentices

FisherPoets Gathering 2018. Patrick Dixon photos.

Language alive: FisherPoets celebrates 21 years storytelling

Red snapper. Gulf Wild photo.

Magnuson — act now

Wilburn Hall — Wilburn Hall, with a king crab in the 1980s, and his F/V Provider, one of many. Hall family photos.

My fishing life: Remembering crabbing icon Wilburn Hall

(Clockwise from upper left) Dave Carraro runs the F/V Tuna.com, a 44-foot Calvin Beal with 1,000-hp Cat C18. TJ Ott runs the F/V Hot Tuna, a 48-foot 2002 Dixon, built in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia, with an 825-hp engine. Tyler McLaughlin runs the F/V Pinw.

Wicked on and off the water: What makes a tuna captain’s motor run?

Thousands of rural Canadians rely on the sealing industry for income.

Hypocrisy in Western sealing policies

Nat Geo's "Wicked Tuna" counts down to its 100th episode. PFTV photo.

Wicked Tuna: Gloucester goes global