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Mako sharks. NMFS photo.

Zero retention rule in effect for shortfin mako

Three people and two dogs were rescued before the 70-foot motor yacht Elusive was destroyed by fire June 18 on the Piscataqua River between New Hampshire and Maine. N.H. State police marine patrol photo.

Lobsterman helps save three people, two dogs from burning yacht

A 42-foot salmon troller caught fire and burned to the waterline June 18 off Manzanita Beach, Ore. The owner operated was rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Tillamook Bay photo.

One rescued from Oregon boat fire

Coastal wetlands at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts. Kelly Fike/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

New NOAA report on saving coastal wetlands

On Deck in the Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Boats & Gear

Commercial fishermen hit hard by record-high marine fuel prices. NF stock photo.

Diesel fuel prices set new record high

The Lynn Marie, hitting 27 mph, beat Hook & Ladder at the Long Island races on Aug. 21, 2021. Jon Johansen photo.

2022 Maine Lobster Boat Races Schedule

National Fisherman — Summer 2022

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is planning to expand Northeast trials of on-demand or "ropeless" lobster gear to involve up to 100 vessels. EdgeTech photo.

NMFS to expand Northeast ropeless gear trials

Nick Furman served as executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission for 22 years. Photo courtesy of the Furman family.

Longtime Oregon crab commission director Nick Furman remembered