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Following tense U.S.-Canada negotiations, the International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2026 Pacific halibut harvest at a historic low at last week's meeting. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Sanctions threats loom as IPHC sets historic low 2026 halibut harvest

Carli Stewart

A group of shrimp boats docked in the harbor as the sun sets for the evening in Port Isabel, Texas. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / BB Outdoors

US fisheries lead the world in MSC sustainability certification

NF Staff

Commercial fishing loses another media voice

Kirk Moore

The Inuksuk II in Igaluit, Nunavit, Canada, for its official christening on July 29, 2025. The vessel had arrived in Newfoundland months earlier, but had to wait for the ice-out in the north before it could finally make it home. Photo by Tattuinee

Canada’s biggest boat starts fishing in the north

Paul Molyneaux

Members of the Skipteknisk team use advanced Revit autocad software to produce 3D models that enable them to give potential clients a virtual walk through of the proposed vessel. Photo by Skipsteknisk

Skipsteknisk designs fishing vessels for the future

Paul Molyneaux

Fish leather from the Local Seafood Summit. Photo by Margaret Crosby/Local Catch Network.

USDA webinar targets value-added grants for fisheries and seafood

NF Staff

A pile of fresh mackerel. Photo courtesy of David Gonzalez Yllera / Shutterstock

EU warns of overfishing risk after Commission talks stall

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of North Carolina Sea Grant/The North Carolina Oyster Trail

NOAA-backed grants help expand knowledge on farmed seafood

NF Staff

The Revolution Wind project off southern New England was almost 90% complete toward its array of 68 wind turbines in December 2025. Ørsted photo.

Another reprieve for Revolution Wind

NF Staff

Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources photo.

Kentucky boosts incentive for commercial fishers to catch invasive carp

NF Staff

Commercial fishing boats docked in Seattle. Shutterstock photo.

Op-ed: A momentous US Supreme Court decision