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– CDLB Fisheries, LLC

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December 5, 2024

Building connections and driving innovation at Pacific Marine Expo 2024

Components of Hefring Marine’s Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS), include the IMAS control unit, white box, which collects and processes data, and the small inertial measurement unit (IMU) that tracks the speed and orientation of the vessel. Pau
December 5, 2024

Hefring Marine measures motion for vessel safety

The State of the Blue Annual Gathering spotlighted Washington’s leadership in shaping a sustainable, world-class maritime industry. Photo by Doug Stewart
December 4, 2024

Gov. Inslee highlights maritime innovation at State of the Blue gathering

CSAP’s graduating class of 2024, from left to right: Patricia Ann Cope, Bekah Bennett, Garret Kestory, Jocelyn Juliano (Living Marine Resources Program Specialist), Angela Treptow (CSAP Coordinator), Blake Godsey, and Shane Brackett. Photo by Hailey Murph
December 4, 2024

S.C. Seafood Apprenticeship shapes the future of fishing

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo.
December 4, 2024

ASMI All Hands On Deck conference Dec. 3-5 in Anchorage

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December 5, 2024

Building connections and driving innovation at Pacific Marine Expo 2024

Components of Hefring Marine’s Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS), include the IMAS control unit, white box, which collects and processes data, and the small inertial measurement unit (IMU) that tracks the speed and orientation of the vessel. Pau

Paul Molyneaux

December 5, 2024

Hefring Marine measures motion for vessel safety

The State of the Blue Annual Gathering spotlighted Washington’s leadership in shaping a sustainable, world-class maritime industry. Photo by Doug Stewart

Carli Stewart

December 4, 2024

Gov. Inslee highlights maritime innovation at State of the Blue gathering

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The State of the Blue Annual Gathering spotlighted Washington’s leadership in shaping a sustainable, world-class maritime industry. Photo by Doug Stewart

Gov. Inslee highlights maritime innovation at State of the Blue gathering

December 4, 2024

Carli Stewart

CSAP’s graduating class of 2024, from left to right: Patricia Ann Cope, Bekah Bennett, Garret Kestory, Jocelyn Juliano (Living Marine Resources Program Specialist), Angela Treptow (CSAP Coordinator), Blake Godsey, and Shane Brackett. Photo by Hailey Murph

S.C. Seafood Apprenticeship shapes the future of fishing

December 4, 2024

Carli Stewart

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo.

ASMI All Hands On Deck conference Dec. 3-5 in Anchorage

December 4, 2024

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Wind turbines, including one with a damaged blade, at the Vineyard Wind offshore site in November. Two-thirds of the planned turbines still need to be completed. Photo by Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light.

What’s next for Vineyard Wind?

December 3, 2024

Guest Author

Wind Walker search map
The search area covered by the Coast Guard and partner agencies for five people after their vessel reportedly capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska, Dec. 1, 2024. The total search covered over 108 square nautical miles in the span of nearly 24 hours. U.S. Coast Guard graphic.

Coast Guard ends search for crew of capsized fishing boat in freezing Alaska waters

December 3, 2024

NF Staff

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Grant DeVuyst.

Five missing after fishing vessel capsizes off Alaska

December 2, 2024

NF Staff

A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha during a boarding for illegal fishing off southern Texas Dec. 9. Coast Guard photo.

U.S. Treasury Department sanctions Gulf Cartel members for illegal fishing

November 27, 2024

NF Staff

A 107-meter (351') wind turbine blade after completing the molding process at the LM Wind Power factory in Cherbourg, France. Photo by LM Wind Power

Turbine blade failure fallout continues, urges stronger safety plans

November 25, 2024

NF Staff

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.

Fishing industry to Biden: don’t expand marine monuments

November 24, 2024

NF Staff

Resolve Marine's RMG 400 lift barge raised the trawler Susan Rose from where it sank off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. in November 2023. Jersey Shore Fire Response photo.

Dragger Susan Rose raised one year after sinking

November 22, 2024

NF Staff

National Fisherman photo.

Coast Guard seminar explores fishing vessel safety at Pacific Marine Expo

November 21, 2024

Ben Hayden

Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed coastwide until at least December 16, 2024.

Oregon's Dungeness crab season pushed

November 21, 2024

NF Staff

A tablet running the Bristol Maps app, aboard a Bristol Bay gillnetter. The customer is using the group location sharing features, grid lines, and live tide chart overlays—just a few of the features of the app. Bristol Maps photo.

Bristol Maps chart dynamic environments

November 21, 2024

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.
Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.

New leadership at Responsible Offshore Development Alliance

November 21, 2024

NF Staff

For the 25th consecutive year, Dutch Harbor, AK, and New Bedford, MA, ranked as the top U.S. fishing ports for volume and value in 2022. Photo by Mark Stephens Photography

Top U.S. ports for a quarter century

November 21, 2024

Laine Welch

The buyboat John Swain, above, had a rebuilt Cummins diesel engine installed in October. Photo courtesy Jim Drake.

Buyboat is a labor of love

November 21, 2024

Larry Chowning

The film "School of Fish" highlights one family's salmon harvesting traditions in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Orvis image.

Pacific Marine Expo kicks off with “School of Fish” film

November 20, 2024

Ben Hayden

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