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F/V Lily Jean of Gloucester, MA. Photo courtesy of Lily Jean Facebook page

January 30, 2026

Rescue underway after Gloucester trawler Lily Jean reported sinking

The Lily Jean was a 72-foot groundfish vessel out of Gloucester, Mass. Photo courtesy of the Lily Jean Facebook page.

January 31, 2026

One dead, six missing as search ends for crew of fishing vessel Lily Jean

The Inuksuk II in Igaluit, Nunavit, Canada, for its official christening on July 29, 2025. The vessel had arrived in Newfoundland months earlier, but had to wait for the ice-out in the north before it could finally make it home. Photo by Tattuinee

January 22, 2026

Canada’s biggest boat starts fishing in the north

Photo courtesy of Kentuckey Department of Fish and Wildlife

January 29, 2026

Kentucky wardens charge 25 in large-scale illegal catfish harvest

A bill was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in January that calls for the state to leave the Atlantic Marine Fisheries Commission Compact and to instead create a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to assist the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in managing the fishery. Larry Chowning photo.

January 23, 2026

Bill calls for Virginia to leave ASMFC

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