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Gene Mafucci bought the Vivian in 1985 and made repairs and replaced the engine with help from his father, Gene, seen with the boat in front of their home on Tomales Bay, California. They used the tide to do things like paint the bottom. Photo courtesy of
April 10, 2026

At Marshall Boat Works, Gene Maffucci keeps his wooden boat afloat

Hidden compartment on board the captain’s vessel used to conceal scallop overages. Photo courtesy of NOAA
April 15, 2026

Hidden scallops scheme lands New Jersey captain, dealer in federal court

Freeport Diesel & Marine shop in Freeport, Maine. Photo courtesy of FDM
April 14, 2026

Freeport shop built by mariners, for fishermen

Commercial fishing groups across the United States praised the creation of the new Office of Seafood within the Department of Agriculture.Shutterstock photo.
April 16, 2026

USDA launches first-ever Office of Seafood

Florida’s push for greater control over red snapper management is reigniting a familiar fisheries divide. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
April 15, 2026

Commercial fleet pushes back on Florida’s red snapper bid

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UMaine researchers are investigating whether cunner may be preying on egg-bearing lobsters, raising new questions for Maine’s fishery. Photo courtesy of UMaine / fisheries scientist Michelle Staudinger

Carli Stewart

April 21, 2026

Cunner, climate, and concern: Study digs into lobster questions

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Fishermen doing in-store demonstrations on how to cook fillets of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon will be part of the 2026 marketing campaign for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. Photo courtesy of the BBRSDA

Margaret Bauman

April 22, 2026

BBRSDA steps up marketing campaign for robust 2026 season

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Officials seized over 50,000 dried shark fins, weighing more than 1,6000 pounds and valued at over $1 million. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Carli Stewart

April 21, 2026

50,000 shark fins seized in Anchorage-linked trafficking case

Fishermen doing in-store demonstrations on how to cook fillets of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon will be part of the 2026 marketing campaign for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. Photo courtesy of the BBRSDA

BBRSDA steps up marketing campaign for robust 2026 season

April 22, 2026

Margaret Bauman

Officials seized over 50,000 dried shark fins, weighing more than 1,6000 pounds and valued at over $1 million. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

50,000 shark fins seized in Anchorage-linked trafficking case

April 21, 2026

Carli Stewart

UMaine researchers are investigating whether cunner may be preying on egg-bearing lobsters, raising new questions for Maine’s fishery. Photo courtesy of UMaine / fisheries scientist Michelle Staudinger

Cunner, climate, and concern: Study digs into lobster questions

April 21, 2026

Carli Stewart

Ocean Conservancy report points to climate, bycatch threats in US fisheries

April 21, 2026

NF Staff

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and the University of Washington’s Hilborn Lab have released the eighth edition of the Fishery Improvement Projects Database, offering a comprehensive look at how FIPs have evolved over the past two decades. Photo courtes

Fishery improvement projects grow in scale in latest global database

April 21, 2026

NF Staff

Bob Foy, science and research director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, presents at ComFish Alaska 2026 on AFSC date collection modernization. Photo by Margaret Bauman

AFSC researchers use AI to do more with less

April 21, 2026

Margaret Bauman

Louisiana captain cited for undersized mackerel, illegal gear in Gulf

April 20, 2026

NF Staff

CDFW expands the use of alternative/pop-up gear but closes traditional fishing season in additional zones. Photo courtesy of CDFW

Calif. expands pop-up gear, closes Zone 3 crab fishery

April 20, 2026

NF Staff

Karl Jordan’s salmon troller, the Samara waiting for the tide to refloat her. For two and a half years before 2025, Sitka had no local haulout and fisherman relied on the grid for whatever work they could do between the tides. Photo courtesy of Eric Jorda

In Sitka the tide provides an economical haul-out alternative

April 20, 2026

Paul Molyneaux

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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

Handstand on the Deck of F/V Defiant

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