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AMSEA's executive director Jerry Dzugan floats in an immersion suit as part of a training exercise. AMSEA photo.

Fisherman's Career Arc — Chapter 2 — Keeping Yourself Safe

NF Staff

Grant Niver BBRSDA Member drift gillnet salmon Bristol Bay — BBRSDA photo

What is going on in Bristol Bay?

Jessica Hathaway

The Coast Guard cutter Kimball, one of the latest in the National Security Cutter class, recently patrolled 3,600 miles in the Philippine Sea. The cutter’s law enforcement team conducted its first ever at-sea boarding, Feb. 10, 2021. Coast Guard photo.

New Coast Guard cutter conducts long-range Indo-Pacific fisheries patrol

NF Staff

Wolfgang Rain is chief coordinating officer for Sea Risk Solutions LLC. US Wind photo.

US Wind, Sea Risk Solutions to work on Delmarva fishermen outreach

NF Staff

The F/V Coastal Reign capsized on Oregon's Garibaldi Bar on Saturday, Feb. 20, killing two members of its four-person crew. Facebook photo

Deadly crabbing season continues with loss of two crew and the F/V Coastal Reign

Jessica Hathaway

BOEM is reviewing a draft environmental impact statement on plans by offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource to build up to 15 turbines for the South Fork Wind Farm. BOEM image.

Traffic lane, habitat alternatives for South Fork offshore wind project

Kirk Moore

Scandies Rose investigation — U.S. Coast Guard image

Scandies Rose: Coast Guard hearings

NF Staff

Trident Seafoods’ Aleutian Falcon caught fire at Tacoma’s Pier 12 late Wednesday, Feb. 17. Tacoma Fire Department photo

Port fire: Trident’s 233-foot Aleutian Falcon burns at the dock in Tacoma

Jessica Hathaway

The North Atlantic right whale #3230 ‘Infinity’ and calf when they were first sighted off Amelia Island, Fla., Jan. 17, 2021. Infinity is 19 years old and this was her first calf. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/ NOAA permit #20556

Right whale calf killed by Florida boat strike

Kirk Moore

Handling ropeless gear adds time to a day's work. If a fisherman spends 5 or 10 minutes more per trawl, that can add up to hours in the course of a day. EdgeTech photo.

Ropeless gear bill introduced in California statehouse

Nick Rahaim

The shrimp trawler Jimmy and Charlie Jr. ran aground at the mouth of the Altamaha River in Georgia Nov. 4, 2021. Jay Fleming photo.

Jay Fleming.

Aground on the Altamaha; Georgia inlet claims a shrimper

Jay Fleming