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Peter Robinson (left), Willie Ramsdell (center) and Togue Brawn, owner of Downeast Dayboat, sail aboard a boat to collect scallops. Photo courtesy of Togue Brawn

Local Catch Network backs fishermen-first businesses with new federal funding

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Kyle Phillips of UC Davis preserves fresh-caught zooplankton sample in Wings Landing, a tidal restoration site in Suisun Marsh. Photo by Lynette Williams-Duman/UC Davis

Hot spots in San Francisco area wetlands are teeming with fish food

Margaret Bauman

Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The city is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fuel spike from Iran conflict threatens to tie up U.S. shrimp fleet

Nathan Strout

NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement officer conducts an IUU inspection. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NOAA cracks down on mislabeled dolphin-safe tuna imports

Carli Stewart

Grey reef sharks and colorful schools of anthias in the waters of Jarvis Island at the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Photo courtesy of Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA

Council to reopen monument waters to commercial fishing

NF Staff

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

Margaret Bauman

TotalEnergies has signed agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior to cease the development of offshore wind power projects in the U.S. Photo courtesy of TE

Offshore wind setback as leases terminated in federal deal

NF Staff

Pacific halibut fishermen across all sectors—commercial, sport, subsistence, and personal use—will compete for the smallest harvest set in the 102-year history of the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Halibut quota hits record low as fishermen compete for shrinking catch

Laine Welch

The fishing vessel Eileen Rita and diesel sheen observed by Coast Guard overflight the morning of the grounding near Green Island, Mass. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB: ‘Accumulated sleep debt’ led to Massachusetts grounding

NF Staff

Despite record breaking heat and a large harmful algal bloom, commercial fisheries landings along the West Coast improved from 2024. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Upwelling saved the West Coast in 2025, NOAA reports

NF Staff

Casey Devillier oversees Westbank Fishing, 12 menhaden fishing vessels, and 24 smaller purse boats. Photo courtesy of the Devillier family

The man who keeps the menhaden fleet running

NF Staff