National & International

Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.

Interior Department reverses offshore wind legal opinion

Kirk Moore

Lusamerica Foods, a seafood wholesaler and processor, held a successful vaccination drive at its Morgan Hill, Calif., headquarters March 16, 2021. Lusamerica Foods photo.

Vaccine access ramps up for seafood industry workers

Steve Bittenbender

Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Santos, a boatswain’s mate with the Coast Guard cutter John McCormick, operates the cutter’s small boat alongside the fishing vessel Tenisha Rose in Sitka Sound, Alaska, during a commercial fishing vessel safety inspection

Alaska reps call for help to fight mask mandate

Laine Welch

Jerry Fraser bought the 37-foot Jonesport-style lobster boat Hard Times in 1981 and rerigged her for dragging.

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Dock price: The cost of cutting access to healthy fisheries

Jerry Fraser

A Florida fisherman wears ACR’s overboard location alert system tag linked to a mobile phone or base station on the boat. ACR photo.

Where you at?: Competition and tech advances make life-saving measures more accessible

Paul Molyneaux

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management's supplemental environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project considered the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance's proposal for four nautical-mile-wide vessel transit lanes. BOEM image.

Fishing advocates await BOEM decision on Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

A full dock at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. Fishing fleets coast to coast have been largely idled by restaurant shutdowns and dropoff in demand. Doug Stewart photo. — A full dock at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. Fishing fleets coast to coast were largely idled by restaurant shutdowns and dropoff in demand. Doug Stewart photo.

Additional $255 million aid from CARES Act; NMFS extends observer waivers

NF Staff

Ocean Era photo

A fish story: ‘Seaspiracy’ muddies the waters

Jessica Hathaway

Merry Fishmas — Crew Shots: Amanda Parks, Spencer Montgomery, Karl Day, and Capt. Tim Rider on the Finlander in the Gulf of Maine. New England Fishmongers photo

Beyond ‘Seaspiracy’: Debunking damaging myths in fisheries

Jessica Hathaway

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management identified almost 800,000 additional acres that could be offered for wind energy lease sales in the New York Bight. BOEM image.

Biden administration aims for vast offshore wind expansion

Kirk Moore

Mask mandate exemptions: Sample onboard documentation

NF Staff