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Aaron Orlowski

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Aaron Orlowski is a California-based journalist who writes about fish (both farmed and wild), food, the environment and science. He is a regular contributor to SeafoodSource.

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A study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center shows that LEDs are very effective in directing king salmon to escape windows in Pacific hake trawl nets. NOAA photo.

Net-mounted LED lights help reduce bycatch in Pacific hake fishery

Carlos Seafood boats tied up in New Bedford, Mass., in 2016. Doug Stewart photo.
Carlos Seafood boats tied up in New Bedford, Mass., in 2016. Doug Stewart photo.

Did catch shares enable Carlos Rafael's fishing fraud?

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Good Samaritan crews, Coast Guard save flooding fishing vessel near Kodiak

The Bristol Bay sockeye season is short and intense; aboard a Northline boat, a four-man crew picks fish and does all it can to preserve quality, bleeding and chilling fish in RSW tanks. Photo courtesy of Asher Molyneaux
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Getting wild salmon onto the plate

Alaska’s four gubernatorial candidates faced questions on fisheries management during a Sept. 9 debate in Kodiak. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
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Alaska governor candidates split on fisheries

The Southern Shrimp Alliance is urging regulators to protect traditional fishing grounds as offshore aquaculture expands. Photo by NF Archive / Carli Clancy
September 10, 2026

Shrimpers urge caution on aquaculture sites

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