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Two U.S. Coast Guard vessels sit in port in Boston Harbor across from the USCG station in Boston, Mass. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images/File/Fox News)

Massachusetts commercial fishermen rescue man-overboard victim

Carli Stewart

A lobsterman unloads in Gloucester harbor in July 2023. Caroline Losneck photo.

Four centuries and surviving

Caroline Losneck

Fisherman Joel Collier of West Coast Wild Scallops and his wife Melissa, have run the small family operation since 2017 in BC, Canada. Joel is pictured here with his son, Caleb and daughter Cora.

Canadian government threatens B.C. closures; what fishing families are doing to survive

Megan Waldrep

NOAA Fisheries proposes a new 'Habitat Area of Particular Concern' in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England, including Cox Ledge, that would designate cod spawning ground. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.

NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

Kirk Moore

The New England Fishery Management Council elected chair Eric Reid, left, and vice chair Rick Bellavance, returning the two Rhode Islanders for the third year in a row. NEFMC photo.

New England council elects chair, seats new member Jackie Odell

NF Staff

Happy National Lobster Day graphic — Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day

Maine celebrates National Lobster Day

NF Staff

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

Paul Molyneaux

Navigating the Waves of Industry Leadership: The Legacy of National Fisherman Highliners

NF Staff

This wooden Chesapeake Bay deadrise crab boat may be the last to be hauled on the old Alex Burrell railway in Urbanna,Va. as new owners consider buying a Travelift. Larry Chowning photo.

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Historic marine railways fading away

Larry Chowning

Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California. — Mike McCorkle standing on a boat off from California. McCorkle was one of Santa Barbara's best commercial fishermen. Photo courtesy of Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara and the McCorkle family.

Remembering 1985 Highliner Mike McCorkle

Carli Stewart

Seaweed farming in Doyle Bay, Alaska, with the Seagrove Kelp Company. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo.

Seaweed growers gather at Seagriculture USA 2023 conference