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The Coast Guard ice-breaking vessel was breaking up the ice to free the commercial fishing fleet in Saquatucket Harbor on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Barnstable County Sheriff's Department

Fleet frozen in as county funds ice clearing efforts

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Fishermen using the Fiobuoy gear must meet certain criteria and agree to a number of data gathering requirements. Photo courtesy of Fiomarine

Gear lending library helps Dungeness crabbers go ropeless

Paul Molyneaux

A sport fishing vessel with a red snapper onboard. Photo by Billy Pope / ADCNR

Florida pushes for longest recreational red snapper season in 15 years

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New research may help scientists and fisheries managers reduce the bycatch of chum salmon and Chinook salmon in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Photo courtesy of Roger Tabor / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Western Alaska chum salmon cap set for pollock fishery

Margaret Bauman

dgeTech’s on-demand buoy system—with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background—is now approved for use in areas otherwise closed to Dungeness crab fishing. The company has been making acoustic release mechanisms for forty years. Photo courtesy of Rob Morri

EdgeTech on demand buoys get California approval

Paul Molyneaux

Fish for sale at seafood market. Photo courtesy of leungchopan / Shutterstock

Up to 20% of global seafood tied to fraud

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A 2020 World Wildlife Fund publication named lost fishing gear, or "ghost gear," the "most harmful form of plastic debris to marine wildlife." NOAA photo.

'Smart Buoys' track ghost fishing gear

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North Atlantic right whale #4150 “Accordion” and her first calf swimming close to the shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port of New York and New Jersey. Accordion is named for the propeller scars on her back that resemble the musical instrument. Photo

NOAA launches AIS speed alerts to protect right whales

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King salmon in Alaska waters. Photo courtesy of Kevin Cass / Shutterstock

Kenai, Susitna recreational king fishing closed amid weak runs

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Pile of menhaden. Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program

Virginia law already requires pause on Bay menhaden harvest, groups argue

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of Florida Sea Grant / NOAA Fisheries

Debate grows over NOAA plan to expand snapper access

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