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The Maine fishing community and beyond will gather once again at the Samoset Resort for the 50th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. Photo courtesy of the Maine Fishermen's Forum

Maine Fishermen's Forum marks 50 years

Carli Stewart

DOGE Alaska is a group of citizens who are researching waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s a project and not a formal organization. Photo by Mary Capriole

$2.4M grant found supporting tribal households

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Luke Hartmann hauling traps off the Deer Isle coast. All on water photography taken by Spike Smigelski.

Luke Hartmann: Commercial lobsterman and sea glass jeweler

Ben Hayden

The 51-foot fiberglass longliner, Ricky B, is a Tompson Trawler built in 1977 by Rodney Thompson at T-Craft Boat Company in southern Florida. Photo by Sean McCarthy

Boat of the month: Ricky B

Paul Molyneaux

Janine Hecht, left, Newport Englund Marine; Cari Brandberg, Newport Fishermen’s Wives; Len Tumbarello, Northwest Oregon Works maritime program; Amelia Vaughan, Oregon State University; and Dean Fleck, Newport Englund Marine. Photo courtesy of Newport News Times

Oregon commercial fishermen receive funding for safety

Carli Stewart

Photo by Salmon Hatcheries for AK

Alaska Board of Fisheries rejects hatchery production cuts

NF Staff

Heather Douville returns home with a day’s harvest of sea otters. After years of practice, Douville can skin an otter in about ten minutes, and she passes the traditional knowledge she has acquired on to Indigenous youth. Photo by Michael Douville

Keeping the balance: Tlingit hunter fights for shellfish and tradition

Paul Molyneaux

The SSA brought FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya (seen standing between FTC counsel Max Miller and SSA board member Steve Bosarge) to the Gulf to understand what U.S. shrimpers and fishing communities are up against. Photo by Southern Shrimp Alliance

Save the U.S. shrimp industry from rock-bottom prices

Paul Molyneaux

ASMFC repeals proposed gauge increase

Carli Stewart

Next week, the 7th National Working Waterfront Network Conference will head to San Diego. Photo by San Diego Working Waterfront

National Working Waterfront Conference heads to San Diego

Carli Stewart

$2 million in grant funding for workforce development for the next generation of commercial fishermen was secured by the Maine delegation. Photo by April Walker on Unsplash

$2M in grants secures Maine’s fishing legacy

NF Staff