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U.S. Coast Guard photo

Dunleavy and coastal mayors: Job well done on a difficult season

Susan Chesney, NF national sales manager, and her husband, James, took their 28-foot San Juan sailboat through the smoke in Puget Sound with little in the way of instrumentation. Susan Chesney photos

Through the fire fog: I see it clearly now!

One Time Use — Scallopers Campaign photo

Time for change in the Atlantic scallop fishery

Captain Jim Wotton captures his crew on the F/V Overkill in the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area in 2018. Jim Wotton photo

Scallop scuffle: Council set to vote on future for small-boat fleet

Menhaden’s ecological reference points allow management to meet broad ecosystem needs. Kris Rowe Photography.

Points of pride: Atlantic states commission takes bold step on menhaden

Bayou la Batre is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Robert Fritchey photo.

Rolling with the tide: New book recounts fish fights in coastal Alabama

Captain Wayne Magwood, on the outrigger, started trawling at the age of 12. After more than 50 years in the industry, he is retiring. His 68-foot-long, 83-ton shrimping vessel Winds of Fortune is now under new ownership and renamed as the Shayna Michelle. Jamie Edens photo.

Last Set: Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Northern Lights: Alaska’s flying fish

Ben Platt headshot — Ben Platt, president of the California Coast Crab Association

Why everything you’ve heard about ‘ropeless’ crab fishing gear is false

Salmon seine. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Northern Lights: Responding to the covid market