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Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership
March 23, 2026

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

Shark caught as bycatch. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 19, 2026

Hook-based shark deterrent shows promise in cutting bycatch

The Klamath River mouth. Photo courtesy of Thomas Dunklin / NOAA Fisheries
March 18, 2026

Thousands of fall Chinook salmon return to Klamath River Basin

Three proposals require that recognized best-practice bycatch mitigation tools be used in groundfish harvesting within state waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 22, 2026

New proposals would protect Alaska waters from bottom trawling

Maryland DNR announced the changes to address long-standing challenges with quota access and permit transfers in both the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean striped bass fisheries. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
March 17, 2026

Maryland loosens striped bass rules, boosts quota flexibility

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Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The city is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Nathan Strout

March 27, 2026

Fuel spike from Iran conflict threatens to tie up U.S. shrimp fleet

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NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement officer conducts an IUU inspection. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Carli Stewart

March 27, 2026

NOAA cracks down on mislabeled dolphin-safe tuna imports

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Grey reef sharks and colorful schools of anthias in the waters of Jarvis Island at the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Photo courtesy of Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA

NF Staff

March 26, 2026

Council to reopen monument waters to commercial fishing

Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The city is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fuel spike from Iran conflict threatens to tie up U.S. shrimp fleet

March 27, 2026

Nathan Strout

NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement officer conducts an IUU inspection. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NOAA cracks down on mislabeled dolphin-safe tuna imports

March 27, 2026

Carli Stewart

Grey reef sharks and colorful schools of anthias in the waters of Jarvis Island at the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Photo courtesy of Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA

Council to reopen monument waters to commercial fishing

March 26, 2026

NF Staff

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

March 26, 2026

Margaret Bauman

TotalEnergies has signed agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior to cease the development of offshore wind power projects in the U.S. Photo courtesy of TE

Offshore wind setback as leases terminated in federal deal

March 26, 2026

NF Staff

Pacific halibut fishermen across all sectors—commercial, sport, subsistence, and personal use—will compete for the smallest harvest set in the 102-year history of the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Halibut quota hits record low as fishermen compete for shrinking catch

March 26, 2026

Laine Welch

The fishing vessel Eileen Rita and diesel sheen observed by Coast Guard overflight the morning of the grounding near Green Island, Mass. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB: ‘Accumulated sleep debt’ led to Massachusetts grounding

March 25, 2026

NF Staff

Despite record breaking heat and a large harmful algal bloom, commercial fisheries landings along the West Coast improved from 2024. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Upwelling saved the West Coast in 2025, NOAA reports

March 25, 2026

NF Staff

Casey Devillier oversees Westbank Fishing, 12 menhaden fishing vessels, and 24 smaller purse boats. Photo courtesy of the Devillier family

The man who keeps the menhaden fleet running

March 25, 2026

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British Columbia spot prawn fisherman, Mark Urwin, has brought Australian boat design to North America with his new boat, the Kaitiaki. “It means, ‘guardian’ in Maori,” says Urwin, who originally hails from New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Toura Boat Craft

Canadian prawn boat breaks barriers in vessel design

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F/V Faith Crew Ready to Shrimp

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