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An HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in February 2022. A Barbers Point aircrew dropped life rafts to the crew of the disabled vessel Sea Smile, who were rescued by two other fishing vessels. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard, fishing vessels rescue Hawaii longline crew

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Fishermen's union calls on Canada to reopen Atlantic mackerel fishery

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While Starlink’s expanded coverage to the Bering Sea was not yet rolled out as expected in January 2023, two Bering sea trawlers rigged up with the system anyway to be ready when the signals become available. Network Innovations photo.

Starlink's marine satellite system opens up new, speedy data transfer for vessel operators

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Legislation calls for seaweed farming study, funding for tribal start-ups

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Norway aims to reduce man-overboard risks in crab fishery

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Portrait of a County Cork fishing town: ‘We are in extinction mode’

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New Zealand looks to AI to streamline catch monitoring

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Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay

Russian shipyards net $560m in losses from fishing boat construction

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Trawlers amid whale ‘supergroup’ in Southern Ocean raise concerns

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The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement aims to control fisheries as species and migrations patterns shift in response to disappearing ice cover. It also recognizes the impacts of these shifts on indigenous people. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Arctic fisheries agreement holding under pressure

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NOAA Custom Chart is a web-based application that can generate a paper nautical chart. Image from NOAA web page.

NOAA releases its Custom Chart 2.0