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The New England Fishery Management Council has set aside four closed areas for the 2023 fishing season. NEFMC graphic.

Atlantic scallop 2023 landings to decline with biomass slide

Shark Research Institute photo.

Shark fin ban passes in Congress, attached to defense bill

The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) approach the Ocean Galaxy to conduct a fisheries boarding 195 nautical miles south of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on Nov. 20, 2022.

On Micronesia patrol, Coast Guard medevacs a Vietnamese fisherman

The 400' x 100' Hannah will process and freeze salmon on Bristol Bay during the sockeye season, handling up to 1.45 million pounds of product. Northline Seafoods image.

Northline Seafood plans salmon processing vessel for Bristol Bay

A Kodiak-based groundfish trawler. Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association photo.

White House ocean climate plan must include fishermen’s ecological knowledge, advocates say

Dungeness crabs sampled for quality testing. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Another crab-less California Thanksgiving

Alaska Symphony of Seafood winners announced

The Coast Guard rescued two people who jumped from the sinking 35-foot commercial fishing vessel Heathers Breeze as it sank Nov. 17 approximately five miles from Engelhard, N.C. in Pamlico Sound. Coast Guard video image.

Two rescued from sinking in Pamlico Sound

Susan West of Buxton, N.C., a longtime National Fisherman contributor, died Nov. 10, 2022.

North Carolina fishing advocate, writer Susan West passes

The event that brings the whole commercial fishing community together