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F/V Yankee Rose. Photo courtesy of Steven Kennedy

Yankee Rose sinking off Cape Cod leaves one dead, one missing

Carli Stewart

Orcas in Alaska's Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords have a diverse, seasonally changing diet of salmon and groundfish, consumed across regional foraging hotspots. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Study: Southern Alaska orca diet shifts across foraging hotspots

Margaret Bauman

Red colors in this image show higher concentrations of chlorophyll in the Gulf of Maine and beyond. This image was taken by the Ocean Color Instrument sensor aboard the PACE satellite on April 8, 2024. Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA joins SCEMFIS advisory board, bringing satellite data to fisheries research

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Black Pearl charter fishing boat. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Sportfishing LLC

Charter operator penalized for closed-area fishing

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School of menhaden in a harbor. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Menhaden coalition pushes back on claims tied to Mid-Atlantic fish wash-up

Carli Stewart

A small New England groundfish boat offloading fresh fish. Photo courtesy of Doug Stewart

Framework finally implemented as Gulf of Maine haddock quota increase takes effect

Carli Stewart

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers was assigned to Air Station Astoria and working in the rescue of a distressed mariner from a commercial ship offshore, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard aviator dies of injuries suffered during rescue off Oregon

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The Coast Guard responded shortly before noon March 5 to the fishing vessel Yankee Rose capsized near Race Point, Provincetown Mass. States Environmental Police recovered one person from the water and the search continued for another crewman. Coast Guard

One dead, second fisherman missing near Provincetown

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The battle over Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery to fish has, for the time being, been stalled in the state's general assembly with all bills introduced to regulate or prohibit the fishery being killed or tabled in committees. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Last 2026 General Assembly bill to regulate Virginia menhaden fishery stalls

Larry Chowning

Todd Meadows, 25, a deckhand on the F/V Aleutian Lady, died Feb. 25 in an overboard accident about 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Captain Rick Shelford via Facebook.

‘Deadliest Catch’ crew member dies in overboard accident

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A Gulf of Maine Research Institute vessel studies cod populations in the Gulf of Maine. Photo courtesy of GMRI

Stop-fishing notices spread as haddock delay drags on

Carli Stewart