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The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025 would continue funding for the community-based commission that supports marine habitat restoration across the Northwest Straits region of Puget Sound. Shutterstock photo.

House passes bill to reauthorize Northwest Straits Commission

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Station Papa in Gulf of Alaska. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Loss of ocean monitoring could create fisheries blind spot

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A joint NOAA and Coast Guard operation has restored navigation markers in Alaska's Bechevin Bay ahead of the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon season opener, after near-record winter ice destroyed 28 of the channel's 29 buoys. NOAA photo.

NOAA, Coast Guard reopen critical Alaska passage before Bristol Bay opener

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Hurricane Erin was the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and strengthened to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. NOAA photo.

NOAA predicts ‘below normal’ 2026 Atlantic hurricane season

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Jeremy Zirlott's shrimper the Emily Ariel. Photo courtesy of VesselFinder

Alabama shrimper says transparency remains key

Carli Stewart

Over 100 groundfish industry volunteers worked in 80 degree heat at Terminal 91 at the Port of Seattle on May 28 to clean four huge midwater trawl nets to recycle plastics in the into new products. Photo by John Dunlap, Trident Seafoods

Groundfish industry cleans 55,935 pounds of nets for recycling

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Map of Area M courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Area M salmon restrictions remain sidelines as subsistence groups weigh legal action

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On the lobster boat, Paradigm, in Jonesport, Maine, a newly installed 900 HP Scania DI16 083M is ready for testing. Scania distributor, Mack Boring will soon have higher efficiency, 800-hp 13L and 16L Scania marine engines available. Photo courtesy of Pau

Mack Boring powers the lobster industry

Paul Molyneaux

A renewed debate over pelagic trawl gear is drawing attention from conservation groups, fishermen and fisheries managers. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Pelagic trawl debate returns as council weighs next steps on gear performance

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Gig Harbor’s long-planned Commercial Fishing Homeport moved a step closer to reality this week after a city hearing examiner verbally indicated he would approve a shoreline permit for the project. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Gig Harbor homeport project clears key permitting hurdle

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Homer, Alaska, boatbuilder Ivan Bargasin had a Nanni shipped north to repower his propeller driven 32-foot Bristol Bay gillnetter. Built on a Scania Block, the Nanni N13 is paired with a ZF360 gear at 1.5:1. Ivan Basargin photo.

Kraft Power delivers Nanni engines to US fishermen

Paul Molyneaux