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NMFS cancels more 2020 surveys

August 6, 2020

Kirk Moore

Researchers sort fish on the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow. NOAA photo.

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

August 6, 2020

Atlantic States commission to consider menhaden’s ecological role

Kirk Moore

The 258-foot tuna purse seiner American Eagle operates out of Pago Pago. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission photo.

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August 6, 2020

NTSB: Flaring tempers led to tuna seiner collision

Michael Crowley

Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

August 5, 2020

Pebble on blast? Trump Jr. pledges support for Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

Boats & Gear

NF_September_20_ATY_West_Lead_Petrzelka — Petrzelka Brothers will be finishing off this 32-foot Norcraft hull for Bristol Bay with a Scandia engine and Namjet propulsion package. Petrzelka Brothers photo

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Washington builder prepares to close its doors; new boatyard takes shape in northern California

Michael Crowley

Joe Letourneau sorts haddock, cod, cusk, pollock and redfish

Killin’ With a Purpose

Paul Molyneaux

Make your metal boat a fish in water with Smart Solution’s new biocide.

Solutions for a slick hull

Brian Hagenbuch

Omega Shipyard in Moss Point, Miss., delivered the Little River to the Omega plant in Reedville, Va., in April. Omega Shipyard photo.

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Menhaden steamer launches from Mississippi; Maryland builder makes oyster boat with a bed

Larry Chowning

Patricia Noreen removes her gloves to feel the edges and sand rough spots on a covid-19 face shield cut-out. Shields are then cleaned. Jonesport Shipyard photo.

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Maine boatyard builds covid-19 face shields; illness prompts four-week shutdown for one yard

Michael Crowley

Alaska

Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

Pebble on blast? Trump Jr. pledges support for Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

Heather Anne Tyson Fick Alaska salmon — Aboard the Heather Anne out of Juneau, Alaska, Tyson Fick cuts off the head of a salmon prior to pressure bleeding. John McCarthy photo

Editor's Log: High quality, low tech

Jessica Hathaway

Salmon seine. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Northern Lights: Responding to the covid market

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Gunner Thorstenson, Captain Bob Thorstenson Jr., Sig Decker and Helen Decker all crewed together this summer on Bob Thorstenson's F/V Vigilant and F/V Magnus Martens out of Petersburg, Alaska. Sig, Helen and fellow crew member Ian Martin were lost in a car accident south of Petersburg late Monday night. Courtesy of the Decker family

Alaska fishing family loses two children in Petersburg accident

Jessica Hathaway

Alaska pollock NOAA — Alaska pollock. NOAA photo.

Pandemic demand for frozen foods buoys Alaska pollock

Charlie Ess

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Furuno redefines a real-world view for fishermen with the 3D Sonar Visualizer F3D-S

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Marine medicine: Understanding and treating infection types

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Marine medicine: Survival skills for commercial fishermen

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Gulf & South Atlantic

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against NMFS plans for permitting ocean pen aquaculture in federal waters. Kampachi Farms photo.

Federal appeals court rules against Gulf of Mexico aquaculture plan

Kirk Moore

Fisherman Keith Bruno after his business Endurance Seafood in Oriental, N.C. was heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018. He's preparing again for Tropical Storm Isaias. Maureen Donald photo.

North Carolina’s fishermen brace for Isaias

Maureen Donald

Spiny lobster. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo/Dan Ellinor.

Timing is everything: Florida lobster fishermen hope for normal season

Sue Cocking

"Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks" premieres Sunday, June 28 at 8:30/7:30c on National Geographic.

Wicked Tuna: Breaking ranks on the Outer Banks

Jessica Hathaway

Ryan Gandy is the stone crab expert at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Photo courtesy Ryan Gandy.

Who We Are: Ryan Gandy

Sue Cocking