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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

NF Staff

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

Black Pearl charter fishing boat. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Sportfishing LLC

Charter operator penalized for closed-area fishing

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A Gulf of Maine Research Institute vessel studies cod populations in the Gulf of Maine. Photo courtesy of GMRI

Stop-fishing notices spread as haddock delay drags on

Carli Stewart

H.R. 3692 has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, reauthorizing the Young Fishermen’s Development Program through FY 2031. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Young Fishermen’s Development Act renewed

NF Staff

Design of the F/V Lily Jean with the prayer that lives on the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial Statue in Gloucester, MA. Design courtesy of C-Cals Maine

Lily Jean loss sparks formal investigation as fishing community rallies

Carli Stewart

Shrimp boat in Biloxi, Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Andrew B Hall

When menus mislead, shrimpers pay the price

Carli Stewart