Alaska

Maritime Fabrications is finishing off this 48-footer as a coastal crabber and Dungeness tender for Puget Sound. Maritime Fabrications photo.

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Level-wind pivot named in honor of bay fisherman; gillnetters get repowered at Southeast Alaska boatyard

Michael Crowley

What sank the Scandies Rose? NTSB says it wasn’t operator error

Jessica Hathaway

Robert Browning and the F/V Lady Lee out of Garibaldi, Ore. Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety photo

Catch it when you can: On sleep and health in commercial fishing

NF Staff

Cordova bowpickers lined up for the next opener. Jen Pickett photo

Alaska salmon report: Copper River salmon is back on the menu

Jen Pickett

Annual Fisherman of the Year contest.

Seattle Sessions: Expo is looking for speakers

Jessica Hathaway

Peter Pan Seafoods photo.

Peter Pan posts $1.10 per pound for Bristol Bay sockeye

Brian Hagenbuch

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

Alaska salmon report: Low returns so far

Jessica Hathaway

Killer gillnetter Bristol Bay stern shot — Using art to sell engines, Killer and FPT Industrial aim to make a splash. Randy Wells photo

Killer revealed: Building a Bristol Bay gillnetter like no other

Jessica Hathaway

The Killer is coming: Have you ever seen a boat like this?

Jessica Hathaway

Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. BBRSDA photo.

Today: Bristol Bay leaders talk new season, support for protection

NF Staff

Michael Jackson, a 34-year Bristol Bay veteran, requires crew to wear PFDs anytime they’re on the bow. He stocks Mustang Survival horse-collar jackets that inflate on contact with the water. BBRSDA photo.

Staying safe in Bristol Bay

Brian Hagenbuch