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A sandbar shark takes a bite out of a red snapper, seen from the NOAA research ship Oregon II. NOAA Teacher at Sea program photo..

Florida congressmen seek EEZ ban on shark feeding

The 55' Maine schooner Eleanor had hull damage after colliding with a fishing vessel off Kennebunkport Maine, June 19 but was able to return under power, local fire officials reported. Schooner Eleanor photo.

Maine schooner, fishing vessel collide off Kennebunkport

NOAA ship Oscar Dyson. NOAA photo.

NOAA awards $95 million contract to upgrade fisheries survey vessel

Fishing nets laid out to dry on the Harbour side in Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, UK. Photo courtesy of PJ photography

UK to ban bottom trawling in MPAs

The spillway of the Lower Granite Lake Dam on the Snake River in Washington, USA. Shutterstock photo.

Trump revokes Columbia salmon pact

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

CDFW closes Northern Dungeness fishery

A lancha crew were among 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing off southern Texas June 13, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard detains 13 Mexican fishermen off south Texas

The Cape Douglas docked in 2022. Alaska Marine Surveyors, Inc. via NTSB.

NTSB cites open watertight doors in Alaska sinking

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

FISH Act targets IUU fishing to protect U.S. fishermen

A boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island approaches a lancha with four Mexican fishermen aboard approximately 12 miles north of the Maritime Boundary Line off the Texas coast, April 16, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Mexican fishermen face federal prison time for fishing in US waters