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The Maine Fishermen’s Forum returns

February 7, 2023

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The Maine Hall at the 2017 Maine Fishermen's Forum. National Fisherman photo.

Bryson Fitch of Bay Center, Wash., is missing after the crab vessel Ethel May sank Feb. 5 near Willapa Bay. A GoFundMe page was set up to help his wife Mckenzie and children Ryder, 6, Paisley, 4, and Capri, 4 months. Photo courtesy Fitch/Salas family.

February 7, 2023

Search, GoFundMe effort for family of missing Washington crabber

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Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures Feb. 4, 2023; about 60 degrees Fahrenheit near the U.S. Louisiana-Texas coast to 81 degrees around Cuba. NOAA image.

February 6, 2023

Gulf of Mexico has warmed at twice rate of global oceans

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The Catch Share Reform Consortium, including Scituate, Mass. draggerman Tim Barrett and fishermen from around the U.S., is in Washington, D.C. urging Congress to stop consolidation of quota by foreign speculators. Tim Barrett photo.

February 7, 2023

The Catch Share Reform Coalition goes to Congress

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Around the Coasts

Adapting Cape Cod menus to changes in local fisheries

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Study aims to unmask vessels, owners, obscured by loopholes

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Costco Wholesale Corp. tuna. Facebook image.

Judge declines to dismiss lawsuit over Costco's 'dolphin safe' tuna claim

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Offshore wind farms raise concerns across fishing industry

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Spring Chinook Salmon. Credit: Michael Humling, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Alaska communities set to join chorus opposing lawsuit that threatens Chinook shutdown

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Boats & Gear

Freshly inserted cotton corking is easily visible between the Terron’s hull planks. It’s the first time the 95-year-old crabber and blackcod boat's planking — originally built wood-to-wood —needed to be corked. David Peterson photo.

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After 95 years, a California crabber gets tightened up

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Dana’s Boatshop is building this “left handed” Wayne Beal 36 lobster boat, so called because the hauling station is on the port side and the companionway on the starboard, which is almost unheard of. Dana's Boatshop photo.

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Building a 'southpaw' lobster boat in Maine

Michael Crowley

While Mike Vernese sells the Slayer with power options including a Honda engine and a Porta bracket, Tohatsu engines also seem to be popular. All in all the hull, trailer and engine can cost fishermen around $45,000. Ugly Boats photo.

Slayer Skiffs: Multi-role boats for Gulf fishermen

Paul Molyneaux

A Carsoe autofreezer, a fully automated freezer line that produces precision-weighed fillet or surimi blocks. Carsoe photo.

Follow the leader

Paul Molyneaux

It’s always raining when a seine is coming through the block. Deck hands on the Silver Wave, test the Vallation Dark Rain series, while landing salmon from a set in Puget Sound in autumn 2021. Taylor Jackson photo.

Vallation outerwear offers a new ‘best defense’

Paul Molyneaux

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Alaska

Spring Chinook Salmon. Credit: Michael Humling, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Alaska communities set to join chorus opposing lawsuit that threatens Chinook shutdown

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Commercial fishing is getting safer: is it a career for you?

Jose Antunes

Amy Gulick’s photographs—such as her cover shot—tell stories within the story of The Salmon Way, adding a deeper layer of understanding that words alone can’t always reach. Credit: Amy Gulick.

The Salmon Way

Paul Molyneaux

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Where does camera crew sleep on 'Deadliest Catch's' Northwestern?

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Governor: Alaska prepared to take fight for king salmon fishery to Supreme Court

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