National & International

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.

Vessel owner prosecuted in Coast Guard’s ‘paper captain’ crackdown

Ben Clements

A large pod of narwhals detected and annotated by Möbius, Whale Seeker’s AI-powered image annotation system. Photo credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Whale Seeker’s AI tool for detecting marine mammals awarded contract

Jose Antunes

Sediment plumes trail from the Thanet offshore wind turbine array in the North Sea in June 2015. NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen.

Wind turbines will affect base of ocean food chain, study predicts

Kirk Moore

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Maine lobster still on the menu at White House

Kirk Moore

image credit: NOAA

How ORCA can help NOAA Fisheries observers

Jose Antunes

The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) approach the Ocean Galaxy to conduct a fisheries boarding 195 nautical miles south of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on Nov. 20, 2022.

On Micronesia patrol, Coast Guard medevacs a Vietnamese fisherman

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Ted Teske is part of the NIOSH team administering $6 million dollars in research and training grants aimed at projects that will improve the safety and health of commercial fishermen. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Coast Guard, NIOSH offering $6 million in safety funding

Paul Molyneaux

Shaun Vary’s family fished the Great Lakes for seven generations, moving from wood and sail to steel and diesel. Vary bought the 59-foot fish tug Harry Purvis in 2009 and converted it into a pleasure boat. Credit: Shaun Vary

The fish tugs survive

Paul Molyneaux

CatchCam underwater video camera launched at Pacific Marine Expo

Jose Antunes

NOTE: OWNER JASON CHANDLER ASKS WE NOT USE THIS AS A GENERIC PHOTO - KM. A Kodiak-based groundfish trawler. Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association photo.

White House ocean climate plan must include fishermen’s ecological knowledge, advocates say

NF Staff

John Connelly, the late longtime president of the National Fisheries Institute. NFI image.

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NFI president John Connelly passes

Cliff White