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Jennifer Quan will take on the role of NOAA Fisheries West Coast regional administrator April 23. Molly Quan photo.

Jennifer Quan is new NMFS West Coast regional administrator

R.E. Thomas Marine Photo.

New Owners of RE Thomas Marine Hardware: Get to Know Them

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/58148d2ee0be621d475ca6f668da4352.jpg — Herring in Sitka, AK. Photo by Ben Reynolds

Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association and Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust Host Spring Fishermen's Expo

A Dungeness crab pot. California wildlife officials are imposing an early season closure April 15 off the central and southern coast to reduce risk of humpback whale entanglements. CDFW image.

California to close most Dungeness areas April 15

The USS Mobile underway off California Nov. 28, 2022. Homeported at San Diego, the Mobile is now deployed to the Western Pacific with a Coast Guard team on board to combat illegal fishing. U.S. Navy photo/Eric Parsons.

Navy, Coast Guard deploy on Western Pacific fisheries patrol

A humpback whale and calf. Creative Commons photo/Ed Lyman NOAA Permit # 774-1714.

Court rules NMFS must move on whale take reduction plan for blackcod fishery

Senator Murkowski holds on to an Alaska salmon. Photo Courtesy of the Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski.

Sen. Murkowski announces new D.C. fisheries aide Matt Robinson

Shrimp boats docked in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Doug Stewart photo.

Gulf shrimp landings data showing rebound in Louisiana and decline in Texas

Connecting the commercial fishing community: Advisory board announced for Pacific Marine Expo 2023

David Turner of Elliott Bay Design Group has been appointed to the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee to represent the viewpoint of naval architects and marine engineers. EBDG photo.

Designer David Turner named to fishing vessel safety committee