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Report: Hurricanes cost commercial fishing and seafood sectors $580 million

January 18, 2022

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Coast Guard response crews assesses fishing boats lodged against a destroyed structure and sunken fishing vessels in the bayou Sept. 6, 2021, following Hurricane Ida in Southeast Louisiana. Coast Guard crews from across the nation have surged to Southeast

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West Coast wakes up to Saturday morning tsunami advisory

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Fishing boats tied up in New Bedford. Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism photo. — Fishing boats tied up in New Bedford, Mass. Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism photo.

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New Bedford says wind boundary changes just a start

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2020 Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab on the F/V Lucid Dream. Kinsey Justa/ASMI photo

January 18, 2022

Kodiak Tanner crab opens at almost double the 2020 price

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Deepwater boats are finding the Port of Toledo Shipyard a good place to prepare for the coming season. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo

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Port of Toledo yard lined with big draggers

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The GX5 is geostationary, staying above the same terrestrial region at all times — like all Inmarsat satellites. But that will change with he company’s launch of the GX10s and a constellation of LEO satellites.

Arctic Payload: Satellite comms are primed for northern climes

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Simrad Navico’s autopilots draw on long history.

Setting the course for decades

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The 104 year old Ella K. has been working the Chesapeake Bay for 104 years. Larry Chowning photo

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Wooden deck boat has been working the Chesapeake for 104 years

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Lynn Marie and Hook & Ladder put on a good show in Maine’s Lobster Boat Races. Jon Johansen photo

Opinion: Marine insurance market not getting easier

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Alaska

2020 Gulf of Alaska Tanner crab on the F/V Lucid Dream. Kinsey Justa/ASMI photo

Kodiak Tanner crab opens at almost double the 2020 price

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West Coast wakes up to Saturday morning tsunami advisory

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Fishing for pink salmon is a family affair in Alaska. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute/Ash Adams

Alaska seafood brings $5.7 billion to local economies

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Melting glaciers could produce new Pacific salmon habitat in Alaska and British Columbia. Photo by Jonathan Moore/Simon Fraser University.

Glaciers’ retreat could open new Alaska salmon habitat

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Northern Lights: Alaska Seafood’s new digital digs

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Making safety on the water about survival rather than compliance with the right Immersion Suit

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Coast Guard response crews assesses fishing boats lodged against a destroyed structure and sunken fishing vessels in the bayou Sept. 6, 2021, following Hurricane Ida in Southeast Louisiana. Coast Guard crews from across the nation have surged to Southeast

Report: Hurricanes cost commercial fishing and seafood sectors $580 million

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The 104 year old Ella K. has been working the Chesapeake Bay for 104 years. Larry Chowning photo

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Wooden deck boat has been working the Chesapeake for 104 years

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Thanks to the new bow configuration and power package in the Bering Hope, Captain Arron Burbach and crew can take on what the Bering Sea has to offer, and keep fishing. Ocean Peace photo

Bayou to the Bering Sea: Ocean Peace converts an oil patch vessel

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Shrimp boats at the Delcambre docks that a new infrastructure grant from the Department of Transportation will help to restore. Ed Lallo/Lallo Photography photo

Louisiana shrimp port gets $2 million in federal infrastructure funds

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A Coast Guard Station Clearwater helicopter crew rescues two fishermen from a vessel fire about 28 miles south of Fort Myers Beach in Florida. U.S. Coast Guard video by P.O. 3rd Class Eric Woodall

Fire rescue: Florida fishermen evacuated from 65-footer in flames

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