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The Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., is a flood-control structure managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that diverts high water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain, protecting the New Orleans metro area from catastrophic flooding. U.S. Army photo by Ryan Labadens.

US appeals court affirms dismissal of Louisiana oystermen’s Bonnet Carre Spillway lawsuit

Nathan Strout

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Marad modernizes US citizenship evidencing requirements for vessel owners and program participants

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Josh Sanford, who bull rakes for clams in Raritan Bay on the New Jersey/New York border powers his 21-foot, 1981 T-Craft with a used 150-hp Yamaha four-stroke from Skipjack Marine. Skipjack Marine photo.

Getting everything Yamaha has to give

Paul Molyneaux

New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would identify and sanction nations accountable for weak supervision of illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries crimes at sea. Photo courtesy of U.S. Naval Institute

New legislation would tackle foreign flags of convenience

Margaret Bauman

The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025 would continue funding for the community-based commission that supports marine habitat restoration across the Northwest Straits region of Puget Sound. Shutterstock photo.

House passes bill to reauthorize Northwest Straits Commission

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Station Papa in Gulf of Alaska. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Loss of ocean monitoring could create fisheries blind spot

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A joint NOAA and Coast Guard operation has restored navigation markers in Alaska's Bechevin Bay ahead of the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon season opener, after near-record winter ice destroyed 28 of the channel's 29 buoys. NOAA photo.

NOAA, Coast Guard reopen critical Alaska passage before Bristol Bay opener

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Hurricane Erin was the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and strengthened to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. NOAA photo.

NOAA predicts ‘below normal’ 2026 Atlantic hurricane season

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Jeremy Zirlott's shrimper the Emily Ariel. Photo courtesy of VesselFinder

Alabama shrimper says transparency remains key

Carli Clancy

Over 100 groundfish industry volunteers worked in 80 degree heat at Terminal 91 at the Port of Seattle on May 28 to clean four huge midwater trawl nets to recycle plastics in the into new products. Photo by John Dunlap, Trident Seafoods

Groundfish industry cleans 55,935 pounds of nets for recycling

Margaret Bauman

Map of Area M courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Area M salmon restrictions remain sidelines as subsistence groups weigh legal action

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