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Insurance bill for Alaska harvesters clears Alaska legislature

Margaret Bauman

Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nicols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall. Photo by Quinn Phillips

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

Paul Molyneaux

A Coast Guard law enforcement crew surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 13, 2025. The Coast Guard interdicted four Mexican fishermen engaged in alleged illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard nabs 450 pounds of illegal catch off Texas

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Bills introduced to bolster Maine’s working waterfronts

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Alaskan pollock is the biggest fishery in the U.S. by volume. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Alaska pollock season closes with strong catches

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A vessel fishes for salmon in Alaska's Chatham Strait. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Fishery advocates criticize WFC's Alaskan salmon lawsuit

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Salmon Bliss Bowl at Chopped and Chowdered, which opened 14 months ago in Anchorage, is a hot seller on the restaurant's lunch and dinner menu. Photo by Margaret Bauman

Restaurant patrons yearn for taste of the wild

Margaret Bauman

An example of how an AI model can map water flow to assess the extent of salmon habitats. NOAA image.

NOAA deploys AI to help manage Columbia River salmon

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Tanner crabs are found throughout the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea along the continental shelf and coastal waters off Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo.

Kodiak fisherman sentenced for crab trafficking scheme involving diseased catch

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Data now coming straight from the deck

Carli Stewart

U.S. shrimpers call for targeted tariffs to secure domestic seafood production. Other food groups lend support. Doug Stewart Photo.

Shrimpers call for tariffs to protect fishing industry

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