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Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative photo

Flashback Friday: Maine Lobstermen's Association, 1970

Jessica Hathaway

Max Schofield, Andrew Vallieres, Jake Schreiner 2018 Nushagak — Crew Shots: Max Schofield, Andrew Vallieres and Jake Schreiner making quick sets in Bristol Bay's Nushagak District

Getting canned: Bristol Bay 1970 and 2020

Jessica Hathaway

Three autonomous saildrones are deployed in the Bering Sea this summer to survey pollock abundance. Saildrone Inc. image.

Saildrones begin Bering Sea pollock survey

Kirk Moore

Patricia Noreen removes her gloves to feel the edges and sand rough spots on a covid-19 face shield cut-out. Shields are then cleaned. Jonesport Shipyard photo.

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Maine boatyard builds covid-19 face shields; illness prompts four-week shutdown for one yard

Michael Crowley

The 54-foot longliner/tender Charles T first came to Alaska as a cannery shrimper in the 1920s. Cheryl Ess photo.

Boat of the Month: Charles T

Charlie Ess

Spiny lobster. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo/Dan Ellinor.

Timing is everything: Florida lobster fishermen hope for normal season

Sue Cocking

Emma Forsberg photo.

Board of Fish bypass: 'I find it disturbing,' says Alaska Rep. Stutes

Laine Welch

Global Seas' Bering Defender. Global Seas photo

Get Schooled: GAPP virtual workshop opens door to matching funds

Jessica Hathaway

Bay scallops in an eelgrass bed. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/Bob Orth photo.

Chesapeake seagrass beds declined 38 percent in 2019

Kirk Moore

Under New England council management, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument includes a range of fishing restrictions, which will soon expand under a coral habitat amendment. The pink areas have tilefish gear restrictions; the yellow and green areas are closed to monkfish and squid fishing. The red area outlines the seamounts area. New England Fishery Management Council image.

Fishing the canyons: Coral amendment will expand restrictions of Atlantic monument

Jessica Hathaway

The NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow. NOAA photo.

NMFS calls a covid-19 cancellation for Northeast research surveys

Kirk Moore