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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 Clancy

Frank O'Hara III, executive vice president of O'Hara Corporation, has been elected president of the Wild Alaska Sole Association.

O’Hara named president of Wild Alaska Sole Association

NF Staff

Craig Morris became president of Keyport LLC, a major processor and supplier of wholesale wild-caught crab and frozen seafood, on Feb. 24. Photo courtesy of Keyport

GAPP's Craig Morris to join Keyport LLC

Margaret Bauman

Groundfish vessel with a full deck of Gulf of Maine groundfish and a happy crew. Photo courtesy of C Fisheries

Gulf of Maine haddock quota stalled as boats near tying up

Carli Clancy

Fishing boats moored at the jetty in St. Paul Harbor, Kodiak. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / Mystic Stock Photography

Final action on bycatch planned for BSAI groundfish fishery

Margaret Bauman

The fishing vessel Relentless. Photo courtesy New Civil Liberties Alliance.

After Chevron victory at US Supreme Court, commercial fishers ask appeals court to vacate at-sea monitors rule

Nathan Strout

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Photo courtesy of Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock

Alaska waterfronts see funding gains in 2026

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of NEYFA

Greenhorn program trains next-gen small-boat fishermen

Carli Clancy

Photo courtesy of David Hills/Fishy Pictures

Monkfish are there- fishermen say the science is missing them

Guest Author

Old Scituate Harbor Light. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism

Scituate considers expanding commercial fisherman definition

NF Staff

Small Sablefish caught in a bottom trawl survey off the coast of California. Photo courtesy of Ian G. Taylor / U.S. Fish & Wildlife AK

Recertification of flatfish fisheries as sustainable challenged

Margaret Bauman