News
Offshore wind energy watchdogs expanding to West Coast
A fishing industry coalition dealing with offshore wind energy development has launched a West Coast venture, as a first step toward giving Pacific fishermen more voice in how those projects can be compatible with seafood …
Maine seaweed harvest set record in 2018, but court rulings cloud future
Seaweed, or sea vegetables, have been on a growth trajectory for the past 10 years. What started as a small industry has blossomed into a sustainable economic engine for coastal communities from New York to …
Three rescued in Oregon from overturned crab boat
Firefighters cut through the hull of an overturned crab boat to rescue three crew members Tuesday night at the entrance to Coos Bay, Ore. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew on a routine training …
Study finds fish stocks improve worldwide with management
A new study has shown that fishery management, when done well, works, and is the solution for keeping fisheries sustainable. By looking at data from about 30 countries around the world, a group of researchers …
Tennessee officials confirm Asian carp sighting in Chickamauga Lake
On Friday, Jan. 10, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials received a report that a silver carp, an invasive Asian species, was caught on Chickamauga Lake in October. The fisherman who caught the specimen, angler Dustin …
Viewpoints
Big Brother is watching at Global Fishing Watch
In 2016, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation joined with Google, Oceana and Environmental Defense, and other funding partners to create a mapping and data platform called, Global Fishing Watch. The system currently tracks over 65,000 fishing …
Editor’s Log: Loud and clear
Someone suggested recently that I am in this work for the money and not for love of the industry. (Yes, I laughed.) This industry has changed a lot since I started working for the magazine …
Catch 49 keeps it fresh
The concept of traceability — knowing where your food comes from — seems simple enough. For fishermen, it’s a way of life. Yet for seafood lovers, a complex and often opaque supply chain limits their …
Our Maine man
We send our February issue off to the printer on Dec. 17, 2019, which would have been the 88th birthday of our late chairman, Horace A. Hildreth Jr., whom we all knew as Hoddy. We …
Tongass: Where your bread is buttered
Take it from me, a happy, successful salmon troller fishing Southeast Alaska for the last 27 years: If you like catching salmon in the North Pacific, especially if you make a living doing it, don’t …
Recipes
Seaweed matters: Seaweed salad, the entrée
It all started a couple of years ago when I …
Super Bowl Crab and Artichoke Dip
This recipe was inspired by Super Bowl Sunday. But let’s …
Tuna Salad Salad
Need something quick and easy for a busy summer weeknight? …
Sesame Bluefin Tuna Steaks
It’s bluefin tuna season in Maine. The small fleet is …
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