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Undersized haddock seized last week by Massachusetts Environmental Police. Credit: Courtesy of Massachusetts Environmental Police

Police seize 3,000 pounds of illegal haddock in New Bedford

The Gulf of Mexico cobia that was once a staple of springtime fishing has become almost non-existent. Shutterstock/image.

Outlook for Gulf Fisheries not highlighted in Status of Stocks

Portraits of lobstermen line a wall of Dennis Wilkins’ studio on Bailey Island. Wilkins hopes to persuade his subjects to stand for one more photograph so he can paint a group portrait to present to the town of Harpswell. Photo by Bisi Cameron Yee

Bailey Island artist honors lobstermen through paintings

Biden has awarded $20 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to regional fishery management councils nationwide. Photo by Britton Spark (Instagram: @couchchronicles)

Biden gives $20 million toward regional fishery management

Commercial fishing boats docked in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Doug Stewart photo.

Alabama governor approves new seafood labeling law

Fishing communities are resilient. They have the knowledge, skills, and experience to adapt to challenges brought by changing climates. Photo by Brynn Thorn on Unsplash

Building climate resilience together with Alaska’s fishing communities

Fishermen and conservationists are concerned about legislation intended to grow the aquaculture industry in federal waters and building on former President Trump’s Executive Order 13921, which opened federal waters to aquaculture. Photo by Don’t Cage Our

Mail Buoy: Aquaculture Counterpoints from Stronger America Through Seafood

Eelgrass bed in Tomales Bay, California. Photo by Melissa Ward and NOAA Fisheries

Port Angeles Harbor Trustees to launch eelgrass restoration program

Crates of oysters sit on the dock of Blue Stream Shellfish in Fairhaven in January. Photo by Adam Goldstein / The New Bedford Light

Sewage related restrictions will hurt oyster growers

Members of the Port Townsend Shipwrights Cooperative talk with students at the Northwest Maritime Center Career day. Photo courtesy of Bruce Buls

Introducing youth to maritime careers