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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

The Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit gathered in January 2020 at the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau. Dawn Montano photo

Northern Lights Q&A: Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit

Halibut longline survey southeast Alaska 2004 NOAA — NOAA photo

'This is not business as usual': UFA writes letter to the fleet

Taylor Strout and Ross Noy pick and mend the net in Dutch Harbor on the 150-foot pollock midwater trawler F/V Northern Defender for Global Seas out of Seattle. Photo by Taylor Strout

Last Set: Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Covid-19 grants short reprieve in Mississippi, leaves threat to food security in its wake

Marty Scanlon's 43-foot longliner Provider II leaves the dock in New York.

Letter: Observer waiver expires, increasing risk to longline fleet

Northern Lights: Deemed essential