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The U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday this year, many of us in the fishing and ocean communities are also celebrating another important milestone: the 50th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Photo courtesy of MFCN

Fifty years of the law that changed our fisheries

A trawl vessel sits docked on Kodiak Island in 2024. Photo courtesy of Nathaniel Herz / Northern Journal

Trawl supporters counter growing anti-industry messaging in Alaska elections

Peter Robinson (left), Willie Ramsdell (center) and Togue Brawn, owner of Downeast Dayboat, sail aboard a boat to collect scallops. Photo courtesy of Togue Brawn

Local Catch Network backs fishermen-first businesses with new federal funding

An Oregon student watches classroom salmon eggs as part of the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program. Photo courtesy of ODFW

West Coast schools raise the next generation of fish advocates

Photo courtesy of David Hills/Fishy Pictures

Monkfish are there- fishermen say the science is missing them

Local and state officials are laying the groundwork to bring in new business to their ports to protect against the chaos of the current offshore wind industry. Photo courtesy of The New Bedford Light

New Bedford adjusts course amid offshore wind uncertainty

2025 apprentices lifting a tray of freshly harvested clams to be tumbled and graded. Photo credit: Hailey Murphy/S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Applications open for SC Sea Grant seafood apprenticeship

$500K state funding boost for Cape Cod fishermen. Photo courtesy of CCCFA

$500K state funding boost for Cape Cod fishermen

New regulations could allow scalloping vessels to spend more time at sea. Photo courtesy of Brooke Kushwaha / The New Bedford Light

New Bedford weighs scallop permit-stacking as fleet sits idle

Stevie and Brian on the deck of the F/V Stacie Vea, fall of 1981. Photo courtesy of Brian Robbins

Robbins bids farewell as Commercial Fisheries News prepares its final edition