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Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

Council will weigh reopening Pacific Monument waters to fishing

Lobstermen haul traps off the coast of Maine. Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative photo.

Maine lobsterman seeks Supreme Court challenge to GPS tracking

California’s salmon fishery is set to reopen this spring. Photo courtesy of Bob Reynold / Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, but commercial fleet faces uncertainty

Onboard processing of pollock in Alaska. Photo courtesy of APA

Alaska pollock fishery secures MSC recertification

Shark caught as bycatch. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Hook-based shark deterrent shows promise in cutting bycatch

Shoreline Freezers announced a major expansion of its Bridgeton, N.J. facility. The project will add 128,000 square feet of new temperature-controlled warehouse space. Shoreline Freezers photo.

Shoreline Freezers expands NJ warehouse

The Gulf Commercial Fisherman Program will hold hands-on training for the next generation of commercial fishermen May 3-9, 2026, in Madeira Beach, Fla. Gulf of America Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance photo.

Training open for new Gulf commercial fishermen May 3-9 in Florida

Students who studied the crab egg predator include undergraduates Yinghui Wang, Dakota Tyson, Sawyer Kennedy, Isabella Check, Annika Sullivan, Nathaniel Price, Sophia Lecuona Manos, Gabrielle Plewe, Jaden Orli, and Julia Vaughan, with graduate mentor Zoe

First Pacific sighting of crab egg predator

Maryland DNR announced the changes to address long-standing challenges with quota access and permit transfers in both the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean striped bass fisheries. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Maryland loosens striped bass rules, boosts quota flexibility