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Dead fish on a beach in southwest Florida after the summer 2018 red tide fish kills. NOAA photo.

Florida fishermen work with NMFS to track red tide

Kirk Moore

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Maine herring area 1A shuts for two months

NF Staff

Catching salmon on Alaska’s Copper River is an unpredictable business, so Cordova-based 60 North added halibut and blackcod to its processing line. 60 North/Sena Sea photos

Wild Salmon Day: Alaska celebrates a mixed bag of returns

Jessica Hathaway

Delmas Whittaker, head of Marine Maintenance at the Port of Seattle

Whittaker takes on new role at the Port of Seattle

Jessica Hathaway

The Great Pacific garbage patch is created in the gyre of the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone. NOAA Marine Debris Program image

Plastic to planking: Marine debris recycling is on the move

Laine Welch

James Aaron Stevens was owner and captain of the F/V Alaskan Star when he misreported catches in 2014 to 2017, according to federal prosecutors. International Pacific Halibut Commission photo.

Alaska captain hit with $1 million fine, six-month sentence for misreporting

Brian Hagenbuch

George Butler is building this rowing 12-foot skiff out of white cedar in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Southern fleets look north for supplies; a builder’s life is measured in skiffs

Larry Chowning

Nordic Aquafarms plans a $500 million land-based salmon farming operation near Belfast, Maine. Nordic Aquafarms rendering.

Norwegian company gets permit for land-based salmon farm in Maine

Chris Chase

BOEM is considering calls to change plans for New York Bight wind energy areas, including vessel transit lanes (blue corridors) and a buffer zone for the Hudson Canyon scallop access area (blue area). BOEM graphic.

Offshore wind plans court disaster, fishermen warn

Kirk Moore

An aerial image of a collapsed net pen. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Letter: Support Keep Finfish Free

StuartMonk/Shutterstock photo

Bad bait: Right whale group gets it wrong

Jessica Hathaway