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Peter Robinson (left), Willie Ramsdell (center) and Togue Brawn, owner of Downeast Dayboat, sail aboard a boat to collect scallops. Photo courtesy of Togue Brawn

Local Catch Network backs fishermen-first businesses with new federal funding

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Casey Devillier oversees Westbank Fishing, 12 menhaden fishing vessels, and 24 smaller purse boats. Photo courtesy of the Devillier family

The man who keeps the menhaden fleet running

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Maine Fishermen's Forum showfloor traffic. Photo courtesy of MFF

Maine Fishermen’s Forum draws industry together, honors legacy

Carli Stewart

Recovery and cleanup efforts continue after a crude oil discharge reported near the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port on Feb. 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of USCG

Oil spill leaves fishermen waiting on cleanup, seafood safety answers

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Fishing boats docked on the coast of Maine. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries / Adobe Stock

Fish quality hub to help fishermen boost value, compete with imports

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Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

NF Staff

California’s salmon fishery is set to reopen this spring. Photo courtesy of Bob Reynold / Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, but commercial fleet faces uncertainty

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The Gulf Commercial Fisherman Program will hold hands-on training for the next generation of commercial fishermen May 3-9, 2026, in Madeira Beach, Fla. Gulf of America Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance photo.

Training open for new Gulf commercial fishermen May 3-9 in Florida

NF Staff

Gillnetters in the Naknek boatyard in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Photo by Ryan Astalos / SalmonState

DOJ sides again with conservationists to block Pebble Mine

Margaret Bauman

The groundfish vessel Lily Jean, which tragically sank off Cape Ann, Mass., in February. Photo courtesy of Steven Kennedy

Gloucester benefit concert planned to support families of Lily Jean crew

Carli Stewart

F/V Yankee Rose. Photo courtesy of Steven Kennedy

Yankee Rose sinking off Cape Cod leaves one dead, one missing

Carli Stewart