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President Donald Trump holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Shutterstock photo.

Trump moves to end wind power leases

NF Staff

In David Goethel's powerful memoir Endangered Species, Goethel shares the personal journey of a man fighting to survive in the fishing industry and offers an intimate look into the threats facing small boat fishermen. Photo by the Goethel family

Endangered Species: One man's fight for the sea

Carli Stewart

Former president Donald Trump and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ, speak at a May 11 campaign rally at Wildwood, N.J. Real America's Voice video image.

NJ congressman: Trump will issue moratorium on offshore wind

NF Staff

President Donald Trump illustrated. Shutterstock photo

Trump 2.0 reverses course on offshore turbines

NF Aggregator

The commercial fishing industry battles an ever-present threat: derelict fishing gear. Photo by NOAA

Battling ghost gear to protect marine ecosystems and economies

NF Staff

Biden signed the FISHES Act into law. Photo by karenfoleyphotography

FISHES Act signed into law: Expediting disaster relief for fishermen

NF Staff

Photo by Tolga Ahmetler on Unsplash

Best practices for responsible fishing: mitigating environmental impact

NF Aggregator

New Norwegian catamaran groundfish seiner. Photo by MarineTraffic.com/ frode adolfsen

Norwegian catamaran ready to take on groundfishing

NF Staff

Fresher trawler Hulda Björnsdóttir was originally intended to supply the company’s shore-based processing, which has been shut down due to the situation in Grindavík. Photo courtesy of Hook & Net Mag

New Icelandic trawler delivered amid company restructuring

NF Staff

Ed Grabowski's King crab retriever; photo shows the retriever with the gurdy in the foreground, illustrating the relative position of the two pieces of equipment.

Fishing Back When: New gear, new ways

Carli Stewart

According to the findings of SeaD Consulting, only 1 out of 5 customers lining up for a shrimp dinner at the National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala., received Gulf of Mexico shrimp. The rest ate farmed imported shrimp. SeaD Consulting photo.

Scientists’ testing detects fake shrimp labeling

Paul Molyneaux