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Monthly fishing events in Alaska waters charted by Ocean Data Network in the paper "Fishing Gear as a Data Collection Platform." ODN graphic/published Frontiers in Marine Science October 2020.

Commercial fishing vessels can serve as research vessels for cost-effective data collection

Ben Clements

New England Fishery Management Council Executive Director Tom Nies (left) and Chair Eric Reid, right, congratulate award recipient Maggie Raymond. NEFMC photo.

New England council honors Maggie Raymond of Maine

The National Marine Fisheries Service turned down a request from Bering Sea crabbers for emergency closures including pelagic trawl, pot gear, and longline gear for 180 days from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2023. NMFS graphic.

With area closure denied, Bering Sea crabbers keep focus on incidental catches

Charlie Ess

Dana’s Boatshop is building this “left handed” Wayne Beal 36 lobster boat, so called because the hauling station is on the port side and the companionway on the starboard, which is almost unheard of. Dana's Boatshop photo.

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Building a 'southpaw' lobster boat in Maine

Michael Crowley

Omega Protein purse boat hauling in menhaden. Larry Chowning photo. --

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Proposed menhaden ban blocked in Virginia legislature

Larry Chowning

California Spiny Lobstermen Ryan Koverman and Jimmy Olivarri recover traps in Malibu, CA. Photo by Critters Fresh Seafood.

How California fishing families rallied in the storm

Megan Waldrep

Coastal congressmen call for halt to wind surveys

Kirk Moore

Meet Nautilus, a deep-sea squat lobster species recently discovered

Jose Antunes

The National Marine Fisheries Service denied the Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers request for an emergency closure of red king crab areas from January through June 2023. NMFS photo.

Feds deny Bering Sea Crabbers’ request for emergency area closure

Kirk Moore

Franklyn d’Entremont, once a superstar of the New England and Maritime Canadian swordfish harpoon fisheries, showed a photo of himself about to iron a fish back in the glory days. Monique D’Eon photo.

Swordfish!

Paul Molyneaux

Jeremy Zirlott had to drop his price on 21-25 headless shrimp from $7 to $4.90 in order to compete in a market flooded with subsidized farmed shrimp. “I don’t know if we can stand another year of this,” he says. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Imports killing shrimp prices

Paul Molyneaux