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Ray Hilborn

Ray Hilborn: MPAs aren’t the answer to ocean biodiversity, sustainability efforts

Chris Chase

Albacore hooked on a bait pole offshore Oregon. NOAA Fisheries West Coast photo.

Northwest tuna vessel owners fined for ‘paper captain’ violations

Kirk Moore

The Miss. Kim capsized on the opening day of the South Carolina shrimp season. GoFundMe/Grace Sayre photo.

South Carolina shrimp boat capsizes on opening day of season

Maureen Donald

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations photo

Offshore wind pushes West without fisheries input, stakeholders say

Jessica Hathaway

Bristol Bay gillnetter Anna Maria on sea trials. Aliotti Enterprises photo

Unmasking on deck: Senators ask feds to update comfish mandate

Jessica Hathaway

Grundéns is using recycled plastics from old fishing gear for a new line of rugged casual wear.

Second chances: Grundéns gears up for recycling, potential Net Your Problem partnership

Laine Welch

The Emmy Rose, an 82-foot groundfish trawler based in Portland, Maine, was lost at sea on Nov. 23, 2020. Rink Varian photo.

Searchers locate Emmy Rose wreckage

Jessica Hathaway

Dungeness crabs sampled for quality testing. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

California closing Dungeness season June 1 as humpback whales migrate

Kirk Moore

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Fishermen provide scouting, monitoring for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

The Copper Crown: The first king salmon landed in Alaska’s Copper River opener gets a first-class ticket to Seattle on Alaska Air’s Salmon Forty Salmon to celebrate the official start of Alaska’s salmon fishing season. Seattle is a major hub for Alaska seafood as it gets channeled through the Lower 48 and overseas. OBI Seafoods photo

Salmon overtakes lobster as highest value catch

Jessica Hathaway

The Coast Guard found 529 pounds of illegally caught Bahamas reef fish after boarding a 39-foot Contender center console boat at Key Largo, Fla., in May 2020. NMFS photo.

Florida angler forfeits brand-new boat to settle Bahamas poaching case

Kirk Moore