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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 Stewart

Dock in Cutler, Maine. Photo by Jon Bilous / Shutterstock

Maine enacts new law to promote working waterfronts

Carli Stewart

The ALFA offers apprenticeships to young people from all over the country. The Association connects vessel owners looking for crew with young people who want to try fishing. A few have stayed in the game. Credit: Steve Fish / Alaska Longline Fishermen’s A

Keeping a labor force in the pipeline

Paul Molyneaux

A tribute to a Brant Rock lobsterman

Carli Stewart

Southeast Alaska retired commercial troller and artist Stephen Lawrie and his Miniature Schnauzer Harry Potter, in his studio in Sitka, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Stephen Lawrie

Retired Alaska fisherman captures Sitka’s fishing life

Margaret Bauman

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has promised to meet with Alaska commercial fishing industry leaders to discuss trade threats and show industry support. Photo courtesy of Ken Schulze / Shutterstock

Russia has declared war on Alaska seafood

Carli Stewart

Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo by Alexandre.ROSA / Shutterstock

Murkowski and King reintroduce Working Waterfronts Act

Carli Stewart

Jamie O'Connor, deputy executive director of AMCC. Photo courtesy of AMCC

Stronger federal support for AK fisheries

NF Staff

James "Jim" Brantingham, 1945 - 2025. Photo courtesy Nate Brantingham.

Great to know you, Jim!