National Fisherman

Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

Jessica Hathaway is a Fisheries and Seafood Senior Consultant for Ocean Strategies and is a former editor of National Fisherman.

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Simeon Swetzof Jr. owns and operates the F/V Wind Dancer and is a St. Paul Island tribal member.

Prime Time: Alaska native community proposes co-managed marine sanctuary

The commercial fleet tied up in San Francisco awaits word from California's governor on a proposed 1,300 percent increase in landing fees. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Keeton. — The commercial fleet tied up in San Francisco. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Keeton.

Retraction: Study of marine protected areas deemed flawed with conflict of interest

Bald Eagle II Trawler — The crew of the trawler Bald Eagle II was safely evacuated off the coast of North Carolina after the vessel became disabled near Duck, N.C. U.S Coast Guard photo

Update on grounded trawler Bald Eagle II

Divers clean the outside of SeaStation 3000, a 50-by-80-foot cone-shaped steel cage that’s part of an open-ocean aquaculture project operated by the University of Hawaii. It is located two miles from Honolulu and 40 feet below the surface. NOAA image

Bill Reboot: The AQUAA Act is back

Longlining Alaska Halibut aboard the Dues Payer II. Peter Thompson photo. — Longlining Alaska Halibut aboard the Dues Payer II in Kodiak. Peter Thompson photo.

Council cuts Alaska halibut bycatch caps for groundfish fleet

The Carter Jon’s Dungeness Crew: Captain Eric Perez, Michael Cowan (unloader and helps stack the boat) Sam Walton, Chris Fiester, and Adam Keeler. Not pictured is Jordan Murphy, who runs the block and serves as alternate captain, and John Barnson, who also runs the block.

Video: Dungeness crab season update with a Coos Bay captain

Bald Eagle II Trawler — The crew of the trawler Bald Eagle II was safely evacuated off the coast of North Carolina after the vessel became disabled near Duck, N.C. U.S Coast Guard photo

Another trawler in trouble off Carolina coast

Blue Harvest Fisheries refloated its 78-foot groundfish boat Carrabassett on Saturday, Dec. 4. Blue Harvest Fisheries photo

Groundfish trawler Carrabassett refloated off Cape Cod beach

The Dark Star caught fire at Journey’s End Marina in Rockland, Maine. Stephen Betts photo

On fire and foundered: A rough week for East Coast commercial fishing boats

Cuts of Fish, illustrated in the first issue of Maine Coast Fisherman, 1946.

Digging fisheries for 75 years