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Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

Jessica Hathaway is a fisheries and seafood communications specialist and former editor of National Fisherman.

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Annual Fisherman of the Year contest.

Seattle Sessions: Expo is looking for speakers

Mike McGowan and Steve Schwartz off-load California king salmon at Fisherman's Wharf for the first deliveries of the 2021 summer commercial salmon season in San Francisco. Dennis Whitaker/Golden State Salmon Association photo

King me! San Francisco markets welcome first salmon of the season

Jeff McClean/NOAA/GARFO image

Meet the new NMFS director: Janet Coit

Heather Anne Tyson Fick Alaska salmon — Aboard the Heather Anne out of Juneau, Alaska, Tyson Fick cuts off the head of a salmon prior to pressure bleeding. John McCarthy photo

Alaska salmon report: Low returns so far

Killer gillnetter Bristol Bay stern shot — Using art to sell engines, Killer and FPT Industrial aim to make a splash. Randy Wells photo

Killer revealed: Building a Bristol Bay gillnetter like no other

A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat underway. Coast Guard photo/PO1 Levi Read.

Coast Guard: Masking won’t be monitored

A lobster dock at Point Judith, R.I. Rhode Island was among states that issued emergency permits enabling fishermen to sell directly to the public after the covid-19 pandemic shut down their usual markets. Sarah Smith/Rutgers University photo.

Going viral can be a nightmare: Here’s one way to handle it

What’s next in fisheries tech? You can help decide

The Killer is coming: Have you ever seen a boat like this?

Road block: Alaska Native group protects land coveted by Pebble Mine developers