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The effort to crack down on illegal fishing is moving forward again on Capitol Hill, with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act advancing out of the U.S. Senate. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

FISH Act advances as Senate targets illegal foreign fishing fleets

Carli Stewart

Ocean Integrity has a patent pending on its Aquatherm Disruptor. According to CEO Kieran Kelly, it consists of a huge net pulled through deep water to create upwelling and bring as much as one million tons of colder water per minute to the surface. Photo

Geo-engineering a healthy ocean

Paul Molyneaux

Shrimp trawler boats bring their catch to the seafood dealer on Bayou Lafourche. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Louisiana moves to reshape fisheries commission

Carli Stewart

Sitka Sound herring fishery opens, however, low participation is expected. Photo courtesy of Alaska Fish News

Sitka Sound herring fishery opens, but low participation expected

NF Staff

Commercial fishing boats in Yaquina Bay Harbor with crab pots on deck. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Oregon ballot measure could reshape fishing, farming

NF Staff

Peter Robinson (left), Willie Ramsdell (center) and Togue Brawn, owner of Downeast Dayboat, sail aboard a boat to collect scallops. Photo courtesy of Togue Brawn

Local Catch Network backs fishermen-first businesses with new federal funding

Guest Author

Kyle Phillips of UC Davis preserves fresh-caught zooplankton sample in Wings Landing, a tidal restoration site in Suisun Marsh. Photo by Lynette Williams-Duman/UC Davis

Hot spots in San Francisco area wetlands are teeming with fish food

Margaret Bauman

Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The city is known as the Seafood Capital of Alabama. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fuel spike from Iran conflict threatens to tie up U.S. shrimp fleet

Nathan Strout

NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement officer conducts an IUU inspection. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NOAA cracks down on mislabeled dolphin-safe tuna imports

Carli Stewart

Grey reef sharks and colorful schools of anthias in the waters of Jarvis Island at the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Photo courtesy of Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA

Council to reopen monument waters to commercial fishing

NF Staff

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

Margaret Bauman