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Two fishermen saw their commercial fishing licenses revoked following extensive and repeated violations in California’s lobster and Dungeness crab fisheries. California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

California cracks down on trap abandonment

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The Coast Guard fast response cutter Douglas Denman near the Alaska coast in May 2024. A $50.4 million homeport project at Sitka will support the Denman's missions. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman photo via Facebook.

Coast Guard contracts $50.4 million for Sitka homeport

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New Sagaya's seaafood department in Anchorage was advertising five pounds of fresh silver salmon fillets for $219 delivered in Alaska and the Lower 48, and headed and gutted cohos for $7.99 a pound. Margaret Bauman photo.

Pink salmon harvests falling short in Alaska, Russia

Margaret Bauman

Sub Sea Sonics/Guardian popup systems and crab pots stacked out at the end of trials on the vessel Jacqueline L. Steve Melz photo.

California fishery trials ‘whale-safe’ crab gear with big results

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Kirk O. Larson, a longtime scallop fisherman and co-owner of the Viking Village dock in Barnegat Light, N.J., died suddenly Aug. 30. Ocean County Republican Organization photo.

Barnegat Light’s Kirk Larson passes at 71

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Beginning Jan. 1, fish and fish products from foreign fisheries listed on NOAA’s List of Foreign Fisheries without a comparability finding will be barred from entering U.S. markets. Shutterstock photo.

NOAA Fisheries issues seafood import restrictions on 46 nations

Margaret Bauman

Kenney Seafood and other longtime retailers in Slidell, La., won top marks from SeaD Consulting's ongoing studies to verify where seafood dealers and restaurants are selling U.S. domestic shrimp. Kenney Seafood photo.

Slidell serves up US-caught shrimp, investigators report

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A Maine lobster boat is equipped with the Hondex HDX combination chartplotter/echosounder and the HE-7300 sounder. Hondex electronics are popular in small boat fisheries in the Northeast due to their simplicity, capabilities, and durability. Jason Philbro

No bells, no whistles

Paul Molyneaux

The Coast Guard is investigating reports of unidentified containers found on and around Montague Island, Alaska. Coast Guard photo.

Shoreline pollution on Alaska's Montague Island under Coast Guard scrutiny

Margaret Bauman

The research vessel Connecticut trails behind the OSV Mahoney as both vessels circle the alkalinity-enhanced patch, dyed red with rhodamine tracer for visibility. Sarah Schumann photo.

Gulf of Maine sees first open-water ocean alkalinity enhancement field trial in US

Sarah Schumann

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in shipping containers and shrimp samples from Indonesia. Shutterstock photo.

Radioactive shrimp gets consumers’ attention

Paul Molyneaux