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King Cove, Alaska processing plant. Photo courtesy of Peter Pan Seafood
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King Cove, Alaska processing plant. Photo courtesy of Peter Pan Seafood

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May 20, 2025

Pacific Seafood may acquire Peter Pan’s shuttered King Cove Plant

A federal jury has convicted a commercial fisherman on charges of falsifying catch records and lying to investigators. Shutterstock photo.

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May 20, 2025

South Carolina fisherman found guilty for falsifying catch numbers

The Empire Wind project is planned for two phases, totaling a potential 2.76 gigawatts production, with power export cables to New York City and Long Island. BOEM graphic.

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May 19, 2025

Equinor to resume work at Empire Wind

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A federal jury has convicted a commercial fisherman on charges of falsifying catch records and lying to investigators. Shutterstock photo.

South Carolina fisherman found guilty for falsifying catch numbers

May 20, 2025

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The Empire Wind project is planned for two phases, totaling a potential 2.76 gigawatts production, with power export cables to New York City and Long Island. BOEM graphic.

Equinor to resume work at Empire Wind

May 19, 2025

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US Wind proposes building up to 121 wind turbines on its lease in federal waters 10 miles east of Ocean City, Md. At right are traffic separation lanes for Delaware Bay. US Wind image.

US Wind proposes $20 million for fisheries fund

May 19, 2025

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Photo by Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light

Scallop workers detained before work in New Bedford

May 19, 2025

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CDFW announced an immediate restriction on the commercial and recreational harvest of Pacific sardines for human consumption. Photo by Andrea Izzotti

CDFW closes sardine fishery for human consumption

May 19, 2025

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Insurance bill for Alaska harvesters clears state legislature

May 16, 2025

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Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nichols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall, a tunnel under the pilothouse for setting longline pots, and the hydraulics and RSW located in the bow. Yale Fogarty photo.

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

May 16, 2025

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Jon Kurland is Alaska regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA photo.

A ‘worthwhile effort’ to address trawl bottom contact

May 16, 2025

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A Coast Guard law enforcement crew surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 13, 2025. The Coast Guard interdicted four Mexican fishermen engaged in alleged illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard nabs 450 pounds of illegal catch off Texas

May 15, 2025

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Bills introduced to bolster Maine’s working waterfronts

May 15, 2025

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Alaskan pollock is the biggest fishery in the U.S. by volume. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Alaska pollock season closes with strong catches

May 15, 2025

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A vessel fishes for salmon in Alaska's Chatham Strait. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Fishery advocates criticize WFC's Alaskan salmon lawsuit

May 15, 2025

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An example of how an AI model can map water flow to assess the extent of salmon habitats. NOAA image.

NOAA deploys AI to help manage Columbia River salmon

May 14, 2025

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Photo courtesy of Jeff Kneebone

Data now coming straight from the deck

May 14, 2025

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U.S. shrimpers call for targeted tariffs to secure domestic seafood production. Other food groups lend support. Doug Stewart Photo.

Shrimpers call for tariffs to protect fishing industry

May 13, 2025

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A 2021 research cruise conducted by NOAA led to the discovery of abundant ferromanganese nodules along a chain of Seamounts stretching from New England into the North Atlantic. Photo by NOAA

Fishing fleets and deep sea miners converge in the Pacific

May 13, 2025

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Bill to make insurance more accessible to Alaska harvesters moving through Senate

May 13, 2025

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Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nichols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall, a tunnel under the pilothouse for setting longline pots, and the hydraulics and RSW located in the bow. Yale Fogarty photo.

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

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