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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

VFDA Pano Hatchery — The Valdez Fisheries Development Association's Pano Hatchery. Seed Media photo

Stronger together: Valdez seafood processors celebrate 40 years

Wreck of the Star of Bengal

Nine Alaska fisheries now hold RFM certification. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute image.

Northern Lights: Beyond the label

Reps ask for more federal aid

Jeff French and crew load Dungeness pots in better days out of Morro Bay, Calif. Lori French photo

On the Homefront: Pay it forward

Coronovirus response July 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is for the first time directing $20 million in spending to purchase East Coast seafood, like the fish the crew of the Arianna Maria is packing out for a food bank. Fulfill photo.

Coronavirus aid headed to states – but not enough, industry says