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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

The Lubec Lost Fishermen’s Memorial was established in 2009, and the current Memorial Committee, made of three non-fishing community members, has drawn the ire of other residents for opting not to put the names of two fishermen on the sculpture. Liz Michaud photo.

Lost fishermen denied a place on Maine memorial

Paul Molyneaux

Dozens gathered in Lubec, Maine on July 21 to honor fishermen lost at sea. Maine Department of Marine Resources photo.

Maine community gathers to honor fishermen lost at sea

NF Staff

Fishermen train in survival suits during an exercise with the Alaska Marine Safety and Education Association, now at risk from federal budget cuts. Since AMSEA began safety training in 1985 fishing fatalities are more than 80 percent lower. AMSEA photo.

Healthy fishermen for a healthy America‬

Clark Pederson, deckhand aboard the F/V Northwestern, sorts crab on the vessel’s sorting table. Discovery Channel photo.

Deadliest Catch returns: Season 21 spotlights the struggling Alaska crab industry

Doug Stewart

Skiff harvesting in the commercial halibut fishery in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association photo.

New plan seeks to restore rural access to Alaska halibut fishery

Margaret Bauman

Larry Fowler and Craig Stewart on Long Island, Maine, stacking traps. Photos by Maine-based National Geographic photographer David McLain, who worked with the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association (MCFA) to document Maine’s iconic working waterfront and fis

Overuse injuries in commercial fishing

Monique Coombs

Shutterstock photo.

Salmon and forests are telling us we are about out of time

Margaret Bauman

Shrimp sampling photos provided by SEAD Consulting

Alexandria diners face a 50/50 chance of getting wild Gulf shrimp

Carli Clancy