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Last week, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan spoke harsh words to the federal government about the failure of timely fisheries surveys. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

“Get on with the surveys” or risk shutting down U.S. fisheries

NF Staff

Pound netters hauling their gear on a rough autumn day off Hoopers Island, Maryland, in Chesapeake Bay. “They catch menhaden, and what they call money fish, stripers, trout, drum whatever they can sell,” says photographer Jay Fleming.

Jay Fleming: Photography of fishermen’s lives

Paul Molyneaux

Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Alaska seafood eyes global growth

Guest Author

Halibut schooner Vansee with a 125,000 lb. deckload of halibut. Photo courtesy of Fishing Vessel Owners Association (FVOA), Seattle, WA

The 200-mile limit: Reshaping U.S. fisheries

Arni Thomson

The field model of SeafoodAI’s Crabscan360 uses biometrics to identify individual crabs and determine their size and sex. Company CEO Rob Terry plans to build other models for dockside deliveries, processing, and onboard scanning. Photo by SeafoodAI

SeafoodAI’s CrabScan360: AI-powered crab sorting revolution

Paul Molyneaux

The 2023 Highliner winners. Photo by Britton Spark

Honoring half a century of Highliners: Nominations now open

Carli Stewart

TimeZero online has revolutionized TZ’z entire product line enabling automatic software updates, real time chart updates, community Maps, TZ online AIS, premium weather with real time Doppler radar, text based weather alerts, and fleet tracking. Photo by

TIMEZERO in the cloud

Paul Molyneaux

Congress is making another push to pass a bill that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to destroy imported seafood that is refused entry due to contamination. Photo by Shutterstock

Congress wants unsafe seafood imports destroyed

Nathan Strout

Space X is now working with T-Mobile in the US and OneNZ in New Zealand to offer a satellite messaging service to subscribers. Space X expects to broaden the services and offer messaging, data, and voice in numerous countries. Photo by Michael Bednarek

Starlink direct to cell service now available

Paul Molyneaux

Halibut schooner Scandia in 1927, Captain Olav Hvatum. Photo by International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)

Anchored in history: Seattle’s FVOA

Arni Thomson

Electronic Navigation Limited has integrated the Norwegian Subsea motion reference unit (MRU) into its WASSP multibeam transducer, offering greater accuracy in fish detection and bottom mapping. Photo by Norwegian Subsea

WASSP gets an upgrade

Paul Molyneaux