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Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

Pebble state permit application spawns more than 1,000 comments

A NOAA observer collecting scale samples from a yellowtail flounder. NOAA photo.

A hard look at NOAA’s observer program

Alaska Knight — Bering Sea trawlers, like U.S. Seafoods' 128-foot Alaska Knight, have stood down to allow a quota loophole to be closed in Alaska's cod FMP. Corey Arnold photo

Alaska cod quotas light up a loophole

Queen Ann's Revenge — The 46-foot dragger Queen Ann's Revenge and her two-man crew has been missing off the New Jersey coast after a distress call

Two still missing off Barnegat Light, N.J.

Maggie_Corky Decker_Harpoon

Book excerpt: Harpoon

Snow & Co. puts 3-D Scanner to use — 3-D laser scanner captures the surface in millions of points. The point cloud develops a 3D model so the tender Tuxedni gets a wheelhouse that fits perfectly.

Seattle yard puts 3D scanner to use

Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

Pebble problems: EPA reinstates Obama-era objection to Bristol Bay mine

Meghan Gervais.

Who we are: Meghan Gervais

Remote setting tanks at the Noank Oyster Cooperative in Groton, Conn. In the distance is Fisher's Island Sound. The tanks were installed to test the feasibility of remote setting oysters to supplement wild stocks and hatchery raised oysters grown in upwe.

Farming in federal waters: NMFS promotes offshore aquaculture

Apprentices — (Left, top to bottom) Alex Simon, Cathryn Klusmeier and Ellie Schmidt. (Right) Klusmeier and Jake Metzger fish on the F/V I Gotta as part of ALFA's apprenticeship program. Eric Jordan photos.

Apprentices at sea