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Photo courtesy of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

New Bedford grant takes fishing stories beyond the dock

Photo courtesy of North Carolina Sea Grant/The North Carolina Oyster Trail

NOAA-backed grants help expand knowledge on farmed seafood

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association is a bipartisan nonprofit that represents New England wild-harvest fishermen and works to inform public policy and public understanding on fisheries management, conservation practices, economic viability, ecosystem sustainability, and U.S. food security. Shutterstock photo.

NEFSA appoints new directors

The Revolution Wind project off southern New England was almost 90% complete toward its array of 68 wind turbines in December 2025. Ørsted photo.

Another reprieve for Revolution Wind

Photo by Chris Hannant Photography / North Carolina Coastal Federation

NC fishermen launch 2026 lost gear cleanup

Dungeness crabs caught off California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Calif. Dungeness crab fishery opens in parts of the North Coast

Portions of the areas within the red circles of the productive shellfish habitat in greater Boston Harbor (shown in yellow) now meet water quality standards to allow direct harvest of shellfish for the first time in 100 years.

Boston Harbor shellfishing poised to reopen after a century

Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources photo.

Kentucky boosts incentive for commercial fishers to catch invasive carp

Wild black sea bass in a 32,000-gallon research aquarium at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Black sea bass tagging study tracks shifting range in MA waters

Juvenile salmon experienced a mix of favorable and challenging ocean conditions off the West Coast in 2025. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Mixed signals suggest moderate Pacific salmon returns