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Jessica Hathaway

Managing Editor

Jessica Hathaway is the editor in chief of National Fisherman. She has been covering the fishing industry for 13 years, serves on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's Communications Committee and is a National Fisheries Conservation Center board member.

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"No we can't make it smell like beer." XtraTuf screen shot

This is important: Salmon Sisters pass the XtraTuf torch

Andy Wink, executive director of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.

Video: Bristol Bay's Andy Wink on 2020 salmon season, covid-19 preparations, Pebble Mine

Cash on the line: Federal funds for fishermen and fishing communities

A rendering of Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group's new state-of-the-art pelagic trawler. Rolls-Royce image.

How to: Drafting an onboard plan for covid-19

Louisiana landings of shrimp and other species or down sharply with high water and Mississippi River spillway openings this spring. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo — Louisiana shrimp boat. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo

Stimulus includes $300 million for fisheries and aquaculture

Merry Fishmas — Santa wishes you a Merry Fishmas: Amanda Parks, Spencer Montgomery, Karl Day, and Capt. Tim Rider on the Finlander in the Gulf of Maine. New England Fishmongers photo

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Prestige Oysters

Senators call for federal support of fishing and seafood industry in coronavirus response

Salmon boats lined up in Bristol Bay. Katherine Carscallen photo.

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Stacks of lobster pots cover a wooden pier on a bay in New England. Maine Lobster Institute photo.

Why local fisheries matter — with or without a global pandemic

Marsden Brewer

Top 10 Takes from the 2020 Maine Fishermen's Forum