Jessica Hathaway | National Fisherman

Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

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

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2015 0519 Pebble

Pebble Mine owners discuss delay in appeals process

Catching salmon on Alaska’s Copper River is an unpredictable business, so Cordova-based 60 North added halibut and blackcod to its processing line. 60 North/Sena Sea photos

Wild Salmon Day: Alaska celebrates a mixed bag of returns

Delmas Whittaker, head of Marine Maintenance at the Port of Seattle

Whittaker takes on new role at the Port of Seattle

StuartMonk/Shutterstock photo

Bad bait: Right whale group gets it wrong

Tagging fish for full traceability. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance photo

Editor’s Log: Reefing the sales

The Seafood Nutrition Partnership supports U.S. fishing jobs and better health. ASMI image.

Cash offer: National Seafood Council calls for industry leaders

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association celebrates the 2021 record run of sockeye salmon in the region.

Bristol Bay blows salmon record out of the water; pushes Pebble opposition forward

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Corpus Christi, Texas, tows a disabled 84-foot fishing boat after a vessel collision 15 miles off Port O’Connor, Texas, July 26, 2021. The Pelican crew safely transferred the tow — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican out of Corpus Christi, Texas, tows the disabled 84-foot shrimp boat Aiden Boy after a collision with another fishing boat about 15 miles off Port O’Connor. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pelican photo

Video: Coast Guard rescues five crew off Texas coast

The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act was enacted in 1976 and was last reauthorized in 2006. It is the primary law that governs marine fisheries management in U.S. federal waters.

Interview: Huffman launches Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization

Bristol Bay gillnetting. ASMI/Bri Dwyer photo

Peter Pan raises Bristol Bay base price; meager king salmon return shuts Alaska fisheries