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Careful consideration will be needed to implement wind and/or solar energy on commercial fishing vessels. Photo courtesy of JairoMZ

Wind and solar power for Alaska's fishing fleet

Carli Stewart

The Brownsville Fire Department dive and water rescue team searched for a shrimp boat captain after his vessel capsized and sank July 12 in the Brownsville Ship Channel. Brownsville Fire Department photo.

Captain lost in capsizing before Gulf shrimp season opens off Texas

NF Staff

The Coast Guard medevaced a fishing vessel captain experiencing stroke-like symptoms approximately 138 miles southwest of Sanibel Island, Fla. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Ailing fisherman medevaced from US Gulf

NF Staff

A year after a turbine blade fractured on the Vineyard Wind project in July 2024, Nantucket town officials announced a $10.5 million settlement with turbine manufacturer GE Vernova. Nantucket Harbormaster photo.

Nantucket settles with GE Vernova for Vineyard Wind blade failure

NF Staff

Bowhead whales in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Bowhead whale study shows rising algal toxins in Arctic waters

Margaret Bauman

Among the last from a greatly diminished fleet of local boats in Patonga, NSW, Austrailia, the Van Der Neut brothers, Joshua and Dane, continue fishing their 38-foot trawler, Lindy, with help from their father, Thomas. Neutical Media photo.

Consolidation isn’t conservation

Paul Molyneaux

3-year-old Brian Young thought his dad's haul of Octopus earn a two thumbs up! Little Brian is an upcoming 3rd-generation fisherman on the family-owned boat, the Bold Pacific, out of Kodiak, AK. Photo submitted by Beth Pingree

Crew Shots: Fur, fins, and family

Carli Stewart

The commercial salmon season is in full swing. Shutterstock photo.

Wild Alaska salmon prices holding their own in retail markets

Margaret Bauman