National Fisherman

Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

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

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The Starlight is one of two O’Hara Lobster Bait midwater trawlers. It was launched from Eastern Shipyard in Panama City in the late 1970s, then overhauled at Patti Marine in Pensacola, Fla., and returned to Rockland, Maine in June 2019. Tom Farrell photo

Feds declare East Coast herring fishery a disaster

Keith Singleton of Alaskan Leader accepted the Bristol Bay Choice Award from Lilani Dunn and Andy Wink of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.

Alaska Symphony of Seafood: Winners Announced at Expo

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Pacific Marine Expo

Katherine Carscallen (second from left) of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay speaks during a panel discussion on environmental protection for the region at Pacific Marine Expo. Doug Stewart photo.

Heydays of Bristol Bay: Pushing back on Pebble

Editor’s Log: Systems overhaul

National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners (clockwise from top left): Julie Decker, Jerry Dzugan, Benjamin Platt and Jennifer Lincoln.

National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners

Julie Decker: Seafood champion

Scandies Rose sank Dec. 31, 2019. Deborah Rhoades photo.

After the Scandies Rose

Alannah Hurley and Mae Syvrud host President Barack Obama in Alaska's Bristol Bay in September 2015, shortly after the EPA proposed permanent protections. UTBB/Pete Souza photo

Going permanent on Pebble Mine

Channel Films/ASMI photo

Seafood leaders: Supply chain issues have ‘gone from bad to worse’