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New England Young Fishermen's Alliance photo.

Advocates support renewing Young Fishermen’s Development Act

NF Staff

Black rockfish ovaries. Claire Rosemond photo.

Marine heatwaves impact maturation of black rockfish

Margaret Bauman

Checking kelp on a grow line at Seagrove Kelp off Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Seagrove Kelp photo

Seafood’s share of USDA funding? Just 0.5 percent

NF Staff

Chris Estes, owner operator of the Mr. Ellis, put a nasty hole in his boat when he hit the rock jetty in Bob Sikes Cut on his way home to Apalachicola on the night of June 25. Estes got his young crew off quickly and now has the boat ashore and under repa

Mr Ellis is down but not out

Paul Molyneaux

Virginia wooden boatbuilder Bill Keeling just launched this new boat at Horn Harbor Marina in Port Haywood, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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A Chesapeake classic with a personal touch

Larry Chowning

Fishermen train in survival suits during an exercise with the Alaska Marine Safety and Education Association, now at risk from federal budget cuts. Since AMSEA began safety training in 1985 fishing fatalities are more than 80 percent lower. AMSEA photo.

Healthy fishermen for a healthy America‬

The South Carolina Shrimpers Association is in talks with Charleston areas restaurant owners, seeking their support for truthful representation of local wild-caught shrimp versus mislabelling of imported product. Shutterstock photo.

South Carolina shrimpers press restaurants to reform

NF Staff

The 45-foot vessel Navigator was at anchor during when it was engulfed in flames and sank. Central Fire District of Santa Cruz County photo.

Fishing vessel burns and sinks near Santa Cruz

Eric Haun

An April 2025 proclamation by President Trump opened the waters between 50 and 200 miles around Johnston, Wake, and Jarvis islands, and U.S. fishermen are hoping the waters around the other monuments will also soon be open. Eric Kingma photo.

Reopening the Pacific Monuments

Paul Molyneaux

Artic Alaska selected Bender Shipbuilding and Repair in Mobile, Ala., for the conversion of the 212' Ocean King into the 275' Kodiak Enterprise

Fishing back when: Around the yards south

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Shrimp boats are tied up in Bayou La Batre , Ala. Doug Stewart photo.

Mobile County awards contract for Bayou La Batre City Docks redevelopment

NF Staff