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Maritime Fairtrade guide outlines path for fisheries

NF Staff

You can find Mark Caylor, founder and host of the Galley Stories podcast, at this year's Pacific Marine Expo at booth #247. Photo courtesy of Britton Spark

Galley Stories catching voices before they’re lost

Carli Stewart

Learn what's happening beyond the booths at this year's Pacific Marine Expo! Photo courtesy of Britton Spark

Beyond the booth: What to look forward to at this year’s PME

Carli Stewart

Oregon's Newport Harbor. Creative Commons photo by D. Reinhart.

Local Ocean Seafoods: A business model for fishing communities

Paul Molyneaux

Heavy seas at the Block Island Wind Array in Rhode Island, the first offshore wind array in the United States. Department of Energy photo

The lost future of offshore wind

Guest Author

An even more practical option for fishing communities may be the integration of wave energy into harbor infrastructure, such as within breakwaters. Photo courtesy of Anton Dios

What fishermen need to know about wave and tidal power

Carli Stewart

Thyborøn Trawldoors is setting the pace for controllable doors by adding automated height control to its existing system. The new doors promise to reduce impact on the seafloor while giving skippers more control of their gear.

Thyborøn keeps doors off bottom

Paul Molyneaux

The conservation organizations that forced NOAA Fisheries to enforce a decades-old law intended to protect US fishermen now seek to stop crab importers from continuing to import crab from fisheries that threaten the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin. Photo by

Environment organizations seek intervenor status in seafood ban lawsuit

Paul Molyneaux

A wind turbine at Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va. Shutterstock photo.

Kennedy orders CDC study of potential offshore wind hazards

Kirk Moore

Commissioned in May 2023, the 21-foot Lorna Jean remains the UK’s only fully electric commercial lobster boat. Builder, Hans Unkles, believes others will eventually embrace the technology.

The electric lobsterman proves it can be done

Paul Molyneaux

While NOAA Fisheries Southeast Region Permits Office has granted an extension for dealers and fishermen to renew permits during the shutdown, the Coast Guard’s vessel safety inspectors have reportedly all been furloughed. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Zirlott

What’s working, what’s not in the shutdown

Paul Molyneaux