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A Lasting Grudge: FDA's Closure of the Historic Maine Smokehouse

May 31, 2023

Paul Molyneaux

For three generations, the McCurdy’s smoked herring in Lubec, Maine, with no problems. But in 1991, the Food and Drug Administration shut them down over food safety concerns.

Lobster buoys made of fungi and coated with a soy-based paint may replace the styrofoam buoys that are known to shed microplastics into the sea. Paul Molyneaux photo.

June 5, 2023

Make room for 'shrooms

Paul Molyneaux

Alaska aquaculture already counts 92 active aquatic farm and hatchery operations. One is a seaweed farm in Doyle Bay, Alaska, operated by Seagrove Kelp Co. NOAA Fisheries photo.

June 5, 2023

NOAA looks to outline Alaska aquaculture areas

April 26, 2023

National Fisherman — Spring 2023

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Around the Coasts

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Copper River productive despite harsh weather

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Owners 'very pleased' with New Bedford dragger's first trips

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As season nears, Cape Cod fisherman face unloading challenge

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Senators introduce bill to support rural fishing communities

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Coddock? Fish shares attributes of cod, haddock

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Boats & Gear

Lobster buoys made of fungi and coated with a soy-based paint may replace the styrofoam buoys that are known to shed microplastics into the sea. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Make room for 'shrooms

Paul Molyneaux

Peregrine Boats launched this 32’ x 16’ 6’ Bristol Bay gillnetter at the end of May. She should be able to plane with 12,000 pounds and work in 20 inches of water. Peregrine Boats photo.

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Design tweaks pack more horsepower, fish in a Bristol Bay gillnetter

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Chris Johnson, aboard the 35-foot Reel Easy, has just hooked up with a bluefin in the Gulf of Maine. He is using a Trident 80-130, and the Alutecnos 130 2-speed reel. Reel Easy photo.

Going Big for Bluefin: Top-Notch Rod and Reel Key to Success

Paul Molyneaux

The lifting operation began carefully May 12 as the Rebecca T. Ruark was hauled out to repair damage inflicted by a pickup truck driven over a dock bulkhead in December 2022. Photo courtesy of Wade Murphy III.

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Historic Chesapeake Bay skipjack, hit by a truck, is under repair

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This 27’ x 10’ garvey is going to Scotty George of Lancaster County, Va., to fish gill-nets in the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

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Garveys and more garveys

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Alaska

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Copper River productive despite harsh weather

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Alaska aquaculture already counts 92 active aquatic farm and hatchery operations. One is a seaweed farm in Doyle Bay, Alaska, operated by Seagrove Kelp Co. NOAA Fisheries photo.

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Nantucket, MA: Mate Travis, Huey, Jake, Davey, Sal, and Capt Brad Lybarger, scalloping off the coast of Nantucket caught a 4’9’’ Atlantic halibut weighing in at 86 lbs!

Attention all commercial fishing crews, We want to see your 2023 Crew Shots!

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Bristol Bay hails opening; forecast is 50 million red salmon, no Pebble Mine

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Hawaiian couple among those lost on Sitka charter

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