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Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi.
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 reflecting near the surface of the water.
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

Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi.
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

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

Samantha Douglas and her two children, Brayden and Lexi.
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

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

Kelp reflecting near the surface of the water.
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

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

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

Another New Jersey survey shows sharp plunge in support for offshore wind

September 29, 2023

Kirk Moore

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

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

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

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)
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

A lobsterman unloads in Gloucester harbor in July 2023. Caroline Losneck photo.

Four centuries and surviving

September 28, 2023

Caroline Losneck

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.
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

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

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

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

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