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The first Commercial Fisheries Commission (CFC) meeting on April 8, 2025, set the stage for a new era of collaboration and state-level advocacy for the seafood industry. Photo by Allan Wood Photography

Massachusetts launches Commercial Fisheries Commission

Carli Stewart

The 70-foot Miss Tiffanie, a Delta Marine Industries boat built in 1982, is at anchor in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On its 2021 journey to western Alaska, the boat had to carry buoys outside the traps when transiting Canadian waters.

Boat of the month: Miss Tiffanie

Paul Molyneaux

Aerial photos show significant sheening surrounding the stricken scallop boat Eileen Rita, which ran aground in Boston Harbor on April 11. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Scallop boat capsizes in Boston Harbor; three rescued

Eric Haun

Fishing is one of the most challenging jobs out there, and alcohol has been a coping mechanism for a long time. Photo by Marc Bruxelle

Why drinking isn’t the only way to deal with life at sea

Monique Coombs

Natural remedies for seasickness, muscle pain, and endurance

Paul Molyneaux

Steamer Flamingo, with a 320,000 lb. deckload of halibut. Photo courtesy of International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)

From steam to schooner: The Pacific halibut fishery

Arni Thomson

Alaska sockeye. Photo by Gerald Peplow

Kodiak family charged for setnet permit scheme

NF Staff

Map illustration of the outer harbor of Grey's Harbor, in Grays Harbor County, on the southwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula along the Pacific Ocean. USACE, Seattle District begins maintenance dredging operations in this area on April 8, 2025.

Grays Harbor dredging to support navigation and fisheries

NF Staff

The Alaska Pacific halibut fishery is way off pace from last year, reports Laine Welch. Photo by Earl D. Walker

Pacific halibut fishery gets off to a slow start with high prices

Laine Welch

43 percent of sampled restaurants still serve imported, farm-raised shrimp while marketing it as Gulf wild-caught, as reported by SeaD Consulting. Photo by Drew Angerer on Getty Images

Transparency is key for Gulf Shore menus

Carli Stewart

North Atlantic right whales 'Koala' and 'Curlew' swimming off Stuart, Fla., on Jan. 12, 2025. Blue World Research Institute photo/Joel Cohen/NOAA permit #26562.

Right whales make rare appearance off Florida Panhandle

NF Staff