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Study offers insight into yellowfin tuna migrations

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NOAA expects to rule on 10-knot right whale rule

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Fisherman Joel Collier of West Coast Wild Scallops and his wife Melissa, have run the small family operation since 2017 in BC, Canada. Joel is pictured here with his son, Caleb and daughter Cora.

Canadian government threatens B.C. closures; what fishing families are doing to survive

Megan Waldrep

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

Paul Molyneaux

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Commentary: Proposed cuts in NOAA funding would hurt us all

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Seaweed farming in Doyle Bay, Alaska, with the Seagrove Kelp Company. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo.

Seaweed growers gather at Seagriculture USA 2023 conference

Orange fish in purple reef — Orange fish in purple reef. Photo by Kia Sari on Unsplash

Opinion: Oppose bill cutting NOAA funding, limiting research

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A proposed 770,000 square mil marine sanctuary would incorporate the existing Remote Island Marine National Monument and “currently unprotected submerged lands and waters,” according to the Biden administration. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service graphic.

Pacific islands sanctuary debated at House hearing

Kirk Moore

Juvenile salmon. Shutterstock image.

Global synthesis study reveals hatchery salmon adversely impact wild populations

Benjamin Hayden

Photo by Michael Fousert on Unsplash

Norway gathering, sharing data to combat IUU fishing

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Linda Behnken is a commercial fisherman and the Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association out of Sitka, Alaska. Fishing Communities Coalition photo.

We can build resilient fishing communities