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Jessica Hathaway

Editor in chief

Jessica Hathaway is the editor in chief of National Fisherman. She has been covering the fishing industry for 15 years, serves on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's Communications Committee and is a National Fisheries Conservation Center board member.

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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