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Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day
September 25, 2023

Maine celebrates National Lobster Day

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.
September 25, 2023

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

This wooden Chesapeake Bay deadrise crab boat may be the last to be hauled on the old Alex Burrell railway in Urbanna,Va. as new owners consider buying a Travelift. Larry Chowning photo.
September 21, 2023

Historic marine railways fading away

Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California.
Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California. McCorkle was one of Santa Barbara's best commercial fishermen. Photo courtesy of Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara and the McCorkle family.
September 21, 2023

Remembering 1985 Highliner Mike McCorkle

Seaweed farming in Doyle Bay, Alaska, with the Seagrove Kelp Company. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo.
September 20, 2023

Seaweed growers gather at Seagriculture USA 2023 conference

Happy National Lobster Day graphic
Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day

Maine celebrates National Lobster Day

September 25, 2023

NF Staff

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

September 25, 2023

Paul Molyneaux

Happy National Lobster Day graphic
Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day

Maine celebrates National Lobster Day

September 25, 2023

NF Staff

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

September 25, 2023

Paul Molyneaux

This wooden Chesapeake Bay deadrise crab boat may be the last to be hauled on the old Alex Burrell railway in Urbanna,Va. as new owners consider buying a Travelift. Larry Chowning photo.

Historic marine railways fading away

September 21, 2023

Larry Chowning

Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California.
Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California. McCorkle was one of Santa Barbara's best commercial fishermen. Photo courtesy of Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara and the McCorkle family.

Remembering 1985 Highliner Mike McCorkle

September 21, 2023

Carli Stewart

Seaweed farming in Doyle Bay, Alaska, with the Seagrove Kelp Company. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo.

Seaweed growers gather at Seagriculture USA 2023 conference

September 20, 2023
The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking public comments on its plan to expand the Massachusetts Restricted Area to include the previously exempted 'wedge' between state and federal waters. NMFS graphic.

NMFS plans to end ‘Massachusetts Wedge’ exemption for trap gear

September 20, 2023

NF Staff

A proposed 770,000 square mil marine sanctuary would incorporate the existing Remote Island Marine National Monument and “currently unprotected submerged lands and waters,” according to the Biden administration. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service graphic.

Pacific islands sanctuary debated at House hearing

September 19, 2023

Kirk Moore

F/V Wizard and F/V Northwestern docked in Seattle, WA. NF Photo.

Deadliest Catch' Vessels, Captains, and Seasons

September 19, 2023

Doug Stewart

Podcast: Galley Stories EP 79 Captain Garrett Olsen F/V Absolute

September 19, 2023

NF Staff

Fisherman Nathan Perez of Newport Beach, Calif., fishes for swordfish with deep-set buoy gear and harpoon on his 47-foot boat Great Bear II. Nathan Perez photo.

First permits issuing for California deep-set swordfish captains

September 19, 2023

NF Staff

A boat sunk in the ocean, still tied up to a float. Courtesy of Determination Marine

Hurricane Lee fades, but has fishermen restless regarding their gear

September 19, 2023

Carli Stewart

The fishing vessel Pacific Producer tied up in the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, Wash., on Sept. 13, 2023. Coast Guard crews from Sector Puget Sound assisted in the removal of fuel, oil, and hazardous materials from the vessel. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard completes cleanup of troubled processor vessel

September 19, 2023

NF Staff

North Atlantic Right Whale jumping out of the water. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NOAA announces plan for IRA funding for North Atlantic right whales

September 18, 2023

NF Staff

Governors warn Biden offshore wind projects ‘increasingly at risk of failing’

September 18, 2023

Kirk Moore

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council started a process to allow on-demand or 'ropeless' gear in the black sea bass trap fishery from North Carolina to Florida. Photo by Bryan Fluech, UGA Marine Extension/Georgia Sea Grant.

South Atlantic council opens door to ‘ropeless’ fish trap gear

September 17, 2023

NF Staff

Juvenile salmon. Shutterstock image.

Global synthesis study reveals hatchery salmon adversely impact wild populations

September 14, 2023

Benjamin Hayden

President Biden reversed the Trump administration executive order that would have permitted commercial fishing to continue in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.

Draft management plan for Northeast Canyons marine monument

September 14, 2023

Kirk Moore

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