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Genetic testing conducted by SeaD Consulting has revealed improvements in locally served Gulf shrimp at festivals from 2024 to 2025. Photo courtesy of Darryl Brooks / Shutterstock

Testing pushes vendors to serve only local Gulf shrimp

Carli Clancy

Salmonfest's 2025 line-up poster.

Salmonfest brings fishermen and advocates together for Bristol Bay

Ben Hayden

Photo courtesy of daybydayphotography/ Shutterstock

Worms could help save Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs

Carli Clancy

Hampton, Virginia. Photo by Kyle J Little / Shutterstock

Virginia fishery resource grant program now accepting applicants

Carli Clancy

Trident Seafoods is expanding its line of pet food supplements with new products featuring wild Alaska salmon and wild Alaska pollock, with plans to introduce them in retail markets starting October 1. Photo courtesy of Trident Seafoods

Trident Seafoods introduces wellFURst pet foods

Margaret Bauman

Sampling photo from shrimp tests in Mobile, AL. Photo courtesy of SeaD Consulting

Update on shrimp mislabeling across the Gulf Coast

Carli Clancy

Aaron Williams. Photo courtesy of NEFSA

New leadership announced for NEFSA

NF Staff

Participants of the Drill Instructor and Fishermen First Aid and Safety Training will get hands-on experience practicing lifesaving skills, such as putting on survival suits. Photo courtesy of Washington Sea Grant

Washington Fishermen's Convention set for Dec. 4-8

Margaret Bauman

David Witherell is retiring as executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. NPFMC photo.

NPFMC executive director David Witherell to retire in October

Margaret Bauman

Retired commercial fisherman and award-winning fisherpoet Patrick Dixon, a board member of the Olympia Poetry Network, and a past poetry editor of National Fisherman magazine's quarterly North Pacific Focus. His work has been included in several anthologies, including the Washington State Book Award-winning anthologies Take a Stand: Art Against Hate and I Sing the Salmon Home. Photo courtesy of Patrick Dixon.

Fisherpoet Patrick Dixon recounts lessons learned from a life at sea

Margaret Bauman

The 2025 Scallopalooza flyer. New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center image.

New Bedford hosts Scallopalooza shucking contest

NF Staff