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Acy Cooper, president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, and other members of the organization at an informal 2023 meet-up in Delacroix, La., when shrimp prices were so low they could not cover fuel costs to fish. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Lawmakers seek to protect US fishermen from low-priced imports

Paul Molyneaux

U.S. negotiators obtained an additional allocation of 231 metric tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Shutterstock photo.

US secures record bluefin tuna quota increase

NF Staff

Timothy Petty has been approved as the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the top position overseeing NOAA Fisheries. Department of Energy photo.

Senate confirms new head of NOAA Fisheries

NF Staff

A last-minute gift guide for fishermen and their families. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

A last-minute holiday gift guide for fishermen

Carli Stewart

Furuno’s GP-170D bears the wheelmark icon on the lower left corner of the front, indicating that it meets U.S. Coast Guard and IMO requirements for use with electronic chart systems ECS. Photo by Furuno

New navigation tools for new navigation rules

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Leveling the playing field for domestic and imported seafood

Paul Molyneaux

Miss Denise Blount’s book, Memories of a Southern Girl, tells stories of a childhood in the fishing community of Swan Quarter, North Carolina, back in the 1950s. Now in her 70s, she is still picking shrimp. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Stories from the margins of the industry

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of Earth Justice

Contamination safeguards of transboundary mining questioned

Margaret Bauman

The Fishing Industry Safety, Health, and Wellness Improvement (Fish Wellness) Act has been reintroduced. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

FISH Wellness Act reintroduced to strengthen fishermen’s safety and health

Carli Stewart

Mike Rudolph of the US Coast Guard uses a model in a tank to demonstrate some stability basics to a very interested young man named Valour. The idea is to give vessel operators the information they need to avoid the most egregious mistakes. Photo courtesy

Stability basics save lives

Paul Molyneaux

Cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine. Gulf of Maine Research Institute photo.

NOAA reopens comment period on ‘restoring nation’s seafood competitiveness’

Margaret Bauman