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Monkfish are there- fishermen say the science is missing them

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After more than 80 years, Columbia River Chinook and sockeye salmon have regained access to 1,000 miles of spawning habitat above the Grand Coulee and Chie Joseph Dams in Washington. Upper Columbia Tribes in the US and Canada welcome their return. Photo c

A homecoming for Upper Columbia River salmon

Paul Molyneaux

Old Scituate Harbor Light. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism

Scituate considers expanding commercial fisherman definition

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A pile of fresh mackerel. Photo courtesy of David Gonzalez Yllera / Shutterstock

Joe Clancy, Carli Stewart, their daughter Avery, and their dog Alfie. Photo courtesy of the Clancy family

EU warns of overfishing risk after Commission talks stall

Carli Stewart

A fishing vessel hauls in catch offshore California, USA. Photo by Elliott Hazen, courtesy of Heather Welch, UCSC.

VMI data used to study marine heatwaves may also monitor ecosystem health

Margaret Bauman

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Lobstermen’s knowledge offers critical insight into the Gulf of Maine

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Photo courtesy of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

New Bedford grant takes fishing stories beyond the dock

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Photo courtesy of North Carolina Sea Grant/The North Carolina Oyster Trail

NOAA-backed grants help expand knowledge on farmed seafood

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The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association is a bipartisan nonprofit that represents New England wild-harvest fishermen and works to inform public policy and public understanding on fisheries management, conservation practices, economic viability, ecosystem sustainability, and U.S. food security. Shutterstock photo.

NEFSA appoints new directors

NF Staff

One of the Port Orford’s two new 50-ton cranes lifts a boat out of the water. Commissioned on November 30, just in time for the December 16 Dungeness crab opening. The new cranes saw a few days of 24-hour-a-day service as the boat got their traps out. Pho

Harborless Port Orford gets new cranes to lift boats onto its “Dolly Dock”

Paul Molyneaux

Small Sablefish caught in a bottom trawl survey off the coast of California. Photo courtesy of Ian G. Taylor / U.S. Fish & Wildlife AK

Recertification of flatfish fisheries as sustainable challenged

Margaret Bauman