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Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

Jessica Hathaway is the former editor in chief of National Fisherman.

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The Emmy Rose, an 82-foot groundfish trawler based in Portland, Maine, was lost at sea on Nov. 23, 2020. Rink Varian photo.

Searchers locate Emmy Rose wreckage

The Copper Crown: The first king salmon landed in Alaska’s Copper River opener gets a first-class ticket to Seattle on Alaska Air’s Salmon Forty Salmon to celebrate the official start of Alaska’s salmon fishing season. Seattle is a major hub for Alaska seafood as it gets channeled through the Lower 48 and overseas. OBI Seafoods photo

Salmon overtakes lobster as highest value catch

PME 2021 Campaign Pic — Micki Schwarz, Chris Dabney and David Jennings work the net of the F/V Lady Rose on the Naknek River in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Bri Dwyer photo

It’s on: Pacific Marine Expo returns to Seattle

Shrimp boats tied up in Venice, La. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Finchlake2000.

USDA spends $70.9 million on domestic seafood

A cluster of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon on Alaska — Sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Biden administration sets framework for 30x30

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Editor’s Log: Spring a trap

Gloucester Harbor: Skippers and crew of larger vessels have little faith in the future of their profession as foreign fleets clean up the resource and little help comes from the government. NF Staff/Burton T. Coffey photo

Flashback Friday: Gloom over Gloucester | NF May 1971

Off-loading Alaska halibut. Earl D. Walker/Shutterstock

Cut off: Council makes sweeping changes on public input

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center opens More Than a Job: Work and Community in April. Phil Mello photos

More Than a Job: New Bedford’s work and community

RIO Only One Ocean — RIO pays fishermen in Indonesian villages to collect plastics: “For every pound of fish they catch, they could catch 20 pounds of plastic,” says RIO CEO Kieran Kelly.

Plastic neutrality: Fisherman-led program works to clear the streams