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A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Atlantic States commission to consider menhaden’s ecological role

Kirk Moore

Researchers sort fish on the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow. NOAA photo.

NMFS cancels more 2020 surveys

Kirk Moore

The 258-foot tuna purse seiner American Eagle operates out of Pago Pago. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission photo.

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NTSB: Flaring tempers led to tuna seiner collision

Michael Crowley

Bristol Bay Setnet — Captain Shayan Rohani and Deckhand Ryan Higginbotham of the setnet skiff Mosquito haul in a huge low tide switch set of sockeye salmon near the mouth of the Kvichak River in Bristol Bay. Corey Arnold photo

Pebble on blast? Trump Jr. pledges support for Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

NF_Sept_20_Market_ATL_Groundfish_NOAA trawl net — Retail sales are recovering after early losses during the pandemic, but prices to the groundfish fleet are lower. NOAA photo.

Northeast groundfish: retail sales recovering, but prices stay down

Caroline Losneck

NF_September_20_ATY_West_Lead_Petrzelka — Petrzelka Brothers will be finishing off this 32-foot Norcraft hull for Bristol Bay with a Scandia engine and Namjet propulsion package. Petrzelka Brothers photo

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Washington builder prepares to close its doors; new boatyard takes shape in northern California

Michael Crowley

Crew Shots: Reid and Eike Ten Kley with their three children, fishing their family setnet site in Bristol Bay.

USDA: Seafood is key to healthy immune systems and childhood development

Laine Welch

A team works to disentangle a humpback whale in Ambrose Channel off New York July 29, 2020. NYDEC photo/NOAA permit 18786-04

Entangled humpback whale rescued from New York channel

Kirk Moore

MLMC/Patrick Daly/Stonington lobster — Maine lobstermen haul traps in Stonington, the state's lobster capital. Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative/Patrick Daly photo

The lawsuit trap: Maine lobster certification suspended on technicality

Jessica Hathaway

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against NMFS plans for permitting ocean pen aquaculture in federal waters. Kampachi Farms photo.

Federal appeals court rules against Gulf of Mexico aquaculture plan

Kirk Moore

Fisherman Keith Bruno after his business Endurance Seafood in Oriental, N.C. was heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018. He's preparing again for Tropical Storm Isaias. Maureen Donald photo.

North Carolina’s fishermen brace for Isaias

Maureen Donald