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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
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A mixed catch of subsistence salmon landed by Yupik fishermen from a trap on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel when runs were still strong. Photo by Paul Molyneaux
Federal Subsistence Board to get more Tribal members
Alewives are returning to the St. Croix River, and an international consortium is working to help increase the numbers by improving fishways around several dams. Photo by Mike Thalhauser
Alewife runs restored in East Coast rivers
While ASMFC data indicate a collapse of northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis, stocks and recruitment in the Gulf of Maine, 59 boat in the Pacific Northwest landed 41.2 million pounds of a similar species, Pandalus jordani, in 2022. Photo by Ben Downes
Fishermen hope to find Gulf of Maine shrimp stocks revived
Blake Herman stands in the pulpit of the Sharon G., bearing down on a swordfish off the coast of California. Access to MPAs in the Channel Islands will afford Herman more options when weather and other factors limit where he can fish. Photo by Blake Herman
Petition to open California MPAs for swordfishing
The mass resignation of the Fisheries Advisory Board to Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council—protesting what they called the Council’s “political theater”—was a hot topic at the Rhode Island Seafood Climate Energy Symposium on March 4. Sara
Rhode Island fisheries center hosts climate symposium
Originally launched in 2019 and covered in National Fisherman that year, the Beachcomber took time to build because owner Ronald Yow paid for the boat as it progressed. Portier Fabrication photo.
Florida shrimp boat sets sail debt-free
Controlling illegal and unregulated fishing is a big part of the push to make seafood traceable from harvest to plate. Emydex has systems to track tuna through the international markets. Emydex photo.
Software enables tracing seafood from catch to sale
A happy crew on the Rita K in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Photo courtesy Omar Keval.
Bristol Bay captain fishes shallow waters with aluminum through-picker
Maine salmon farms owned by a foreign company have drawn criticism from adjacent communities. The Maine Municipal Association is opposing legislation that would limit public participation in the aquaculture leasing process. Paul Molyneaux photo.
In Maine, aquaculture-friendly legislation meets opposition
Brooks Trap Mills has been a Maine family-owned business since 1946 (Stephen, Sally, Julie, Mark). Photo courtesy of Brooks Trap Mill.
From Wood to Wire: Brooks Trap Mill's Lobster Legacy
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