Jessica Hathaway | National Fisherman

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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Bob Dooley (left) and his late brother and lifelong business partner, John, with the Pacific Prince, one of many boats they owned together. Vito Vanoni photo

Ask a Highliner: Bob Dooley talks fishing, bycatch reduction, safety and more

A Coast Guard helicopter crew and rescue swimmer come to the aid of the crew of the Jeannie II, a stranded Dungeness boat, off the coast of California on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard image

Coast Guard rescues Dungeness crew after engine failure

Michigan Fish Producers' Association photo

Michigan’s commercial fishermen sue DNR over license delays

President Donald Trump meets with Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy in June 2019 aboard Air Force 1 in Anchorage. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Pebble petition: Alaska gov appeals on mine's behalf

Editor's Log: The pull of the sea

Peter Pan Seafood Co.'s Port Moller, Alaska, processing facility. Peter Pan Seafood photo

Primed for growth: Alaska's Peter Pan takes flight with Northwest Fish merger

The Aleutian Mariner is one of seven vessels bought by a coalition of western Alaska communities from the Mariner Companies in January 2021. Geoffrey V/MarineTraffic.com photo

Bering Sea buyout: Western Alaska coalition now owns 3 percent of crab quota

F/V Summer Bay Deck Boss Nick McGlashan, 1987-2020. Bri Dwyer photo

It's all the deadliest catch

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) toured Pacific Marine Expo in November 2019 shortly before his Port of Seattle listening session and met with fisheries stakeholders, including Ryan Bradley, executive director of Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United; Noah Oppenheim, principal of Homarus Strategies (then-executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations) and Jessica Hathaway, editor of National Fisherman.

Fish bill: Huffman submits draft to reauthorize Magnuson

Pebble Mine Bristol Bay — Fishermen of Bristol Bay stand together. Corey Arnold photo

Shareholders file Pebble Mine class-action suit, parent company plans permit appeal