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The coastal community rallied around Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi, through their loss of family in a fishing accident back in 2020 and through Samantha's battle with stage 3 cervical cancer. Photo courtesy of Nina Gibbs.
October 3, 2023
From fishing tragedy to fighting cancer
Jimmy Ruhle, captain of the Wanchese, N.C., fishing vessel Darana R and a 2004 National Fisherman Highliners, passed away Sept. 28, 2023. Twiford Funeral Homes photo.
October 3, 2023
North Carolina’s captain Jimmy Ruhle passes at age 75
Kelp near the surface of the water. Photo by Shane Stagner on Unsplash.
October 3, 2023
Fishermen diversify to fill the kelp demand
Blue Harvest Fisheries purchased the Blue Water in 2015 as part of its effort to build a fleet of 15 scallop vessels. Thy were all sold off for $100 million months before the company's Sept. 8 bankruptcy filing. Blue Harvest Fisheries photo.
October 2, 2023
Blue Harvest creditors likely to get wiped out by company’s bankruptcy
The American Dynasty is a 272-foot factory trawler owned by American Seafoods Co., based in Seattle. American Seafoods photo
September 29, 2023
American Seafoods hit with nearly $1 million EPA penalty
The coastal community rallied around Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi, through their loss of family in a fishing accident back in 2020 and through Samantha's battle with stage 3 cervical cancer. Photo courtesy of Nina Gibbs.
From fishing tragedy to fighting cancer
October 3, 2023
NF Staff
News
Mid-Atlantic
Community
Jimmy Ruhle, captain of the Wanchese, N.C., fishing vessel Darana R and a 2004 National Fisherman Highliners, passed away Sept. 28, 2023. Twiford Funeral Homes photo.
North Carolina’s captain Jimmy Ruhle passes at age 75
October 3, 2023
NF Staff
Mid-Atlantic
News
The coastal community rallied around Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi, through their loss of family in a fishing accident back in 2020 and through Samantha's battle with stage 3 cervical cancer. Photo courtesy of Nina Gibbs.
From fishing tragedy to fighting cancer
October 3, 2023
NF Staff
News
Mid-Atlantic
Community
Jimmy Ruhle, captain of the Wanchese, N.C., fishing vessel Darana R and a 2004 National Fisherman Highliners, passed away Sept. 28, 2023. Twiford Funeral Homes photo.
North Carolina’s captain Jimmy Ruhle passes at age 75
October 3, 2023
NF Staff
Mid-Atlantic
News
Kelp near the surface of the water. Photo by Shane Stagner on Unsplash.
Fishermen diversify to fill the kelp demand
October 3, 2023
Carli Stewart
News
Northeast
Community
Blue Harvest Fisheries purchased the Blue Water in 2015 as part of its effort to build a fleet of 15 scallop vessels. Thy were all sold off for $100 million months before the company's Sept. 8 bankruptcy filing. Blue Harvest Fisheries photo.
Blue Harvest creditors likely to get wiped out by company’s bankruptcy
October 2, 2023
Cliff White
Northeast
News
The American Dynasty is a 272-foot factory trawler owned by American Seafoods Co., based in Seattle. American Seafoods photo
American Seafoods hit with nearly $1 million EPA penalty
September 29, 2023
NF Staff
West Coast & Pacific
Alaska
News
Another New Jersey survey shows sharp plunge in support for offshore wind
September 29, 2023
Kirk Moore
Mid-Atlantic
News
Sargent’s Custom Boats built the Miss Lindsay, a 33-foot fiberglass lobster boat. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.
Two new lobster boats from Maine custom builder
September 29, 2023
Michael Crowley
Boats & Gear
Boatbuilding
Northeast
News
The Fish Workers Mural on the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce building is among public arts works that pay homage to Gloucester’s fishing heritage. Caroline Losneck photo.
In Gloucester, fishing traditions inform art, culture, and tourism
September 28, 2023
Caroline Losneck
Northeast
News
Community
Ocean quahogs, among the longest-lived of marine species, are showing evidence of radically changing growth rates from warming ocean waters. SCEMFIS photo.
Ocean quahog growth rates ‘radically altered’ by climate change, studies find
September 28, 2023
NF Staff
Mid-Atlantic
Northeast
News
Two U.S. Coast Guard vessels sit in port in Boston Harbor across from the USCG station in Boston, Mass. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images/File/Fox News)
Massachusetts commercial fishermen rescue man-overboard victim
September 28, 2023
Carli Stewart
News
Northeast
A lobsterman unloads in Gloucester harbor in July 2023. Caroline Losneck photo.
Four centuries and surviving
September 28, 2023
Caroline Losneck
Northeast
Community
News
Fisherman Joel Collier of West Coast Wild Scallops and his wife Melissa, have run the small family operation since 2017 in BC, Canada. Joel is pictured here with his son, Caleb and daughter Cora.
Canadian government threatens B.C. closures; what fishing families are doing to survive
September 26, 2023
Megan Waldrep
Politics
National & International
News
NOAA Fisheries proposes a new 'Habitat Area of Particular Concern' in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England, including Cox Ledge, that would designate cod spawning ground. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.
NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites
September 26, 2023
Kirk Moore
Northeast
News
The New England Fishery Management Council elected chair Eric Reid, left, and vice chair Rick Bellavance, returning the two Rhode Islanders for the third year in a row. NEFMC photo.
New England council elects chair, seats new member Jackie Odell
September 26, 2023
NF Staff
Northeast
News
Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day
Maine celebrates National Lobster Day
September 25, 2023
NF Staff
News
Northeast
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
Northeast
National & International
Alaska
News
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
Mid-Atlantic
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