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Paired with Simrad’s ES80 echo sounder, the CP60 provides information on current speed and direction at up to six levels of depth, and can also track movement on schools of fish under the right conditions. Credit: Simrad

Simrad takes emerging technology to the edge

Paul Molyneaux

The 40-foot fishing vessel Das Bug navigates the Yaquina Bay bar. Yale Fogarty / Finer Image Photography ©

Three rescued, one missing after Oregon crabber capsized

NF Staff

The Reel Pissah, out of Harpswell, Maine, sports a pair of Durabrite pro series lights that the crew used while night fishing for a giant bluefin tuna. Tuna boats tend to use 5,700 Kelvin lights that attract and hold baitfish near the boat. Durabrite phot

Durabrite sheds light on tuna

Paul Molyneaux

Coast Guard crews came to the aid of three mariners aboard the Defiant, a disabled fishing vessel 95 miles off Newport, Ore. Aug. 3 and towed the vessel safely into port Aug. 6. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard assists disabled fishing vessel 95 miles off Oregon coast

Margaret Bauman

Red grouper. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance photo.

NMFS increases 2025 catch limits for Gulf red grouper

NF Staff

Farmed oysters with PONV1. University of British Columbia photo by Amy Chan.

Newly found virus linked to large-scale oyster die-offs

Margaret Bauman

Large fleets of fishing boats, supported by refrigerator ships to ferry their catch to shore, can stay at sea for months at a time. Shutterstock photo.

How satellites and AI track illegal fishing in protected oceans

Kimberly Ann and Alex Rose are nearly bow-to-bow in Diesel Class B, 40 feet and over, 501 to 750 hp race, which Kimberly Ann won at 32 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

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A crowded field at Stonington races

Michael Crowley

An artisanal fisheries panel at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, in June focused on the values of small-scale fisheries. When assigned monetary values, food security, health and traditions increased seafood value by almost 10 times. Paul Molyneaux

Small-scale fisheries at the UN Oceans Conference

Paul Molyneaux

A Shinkei Systems machine, secured on the deck of the California black cod boat Brita Michelle, is owned by Shinkei and operated in partnership with the boat’s owner to produce high-quality seafood for the company. Shinkei Systems photo.

Robots on deck

Paul Molyneaux

Co-founders of Canada's Ocean Legacy Foundation Chloe Dubois and James Middleton. Ocean Legacy Foundation photo.

Plight of the albatross sparked BC plastics recycling program

Margaret Bauman