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2016 11 14 Donald Trump CC Gage Skidmore — Photo by Gage Skidmore

Trump’s fishing deregulation order sparks debate

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F/V 25 TO LIFE. Photo courtesy of Robert Serbagi

NGOM season ends in sorrow as fleet mourns loss

Carli Stewart

All images belong to Bay Weld Boats.

Bay Weld Boats delivers new shallow-draft seiner

Ben Hayden

Pioneers like John Gruver and Bob Alverson helped shape the halibut fishery in Alaska, guiding it through the industry's evolution and challenges. Photo by Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)

Bob Alverson: A legacy of leadership in fisheries management

Arni Thomson

Commercial fishermen in the Gulf are still grappling with the effects of the BP oil spill, 15 years later. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard

Fishermen struggle 15 years after the BP oil spill

Carli Stewart

AquaCon's Maryland facility- to be built. Photo by AquaCon

CBF sues to block salmon farm discharge into Susquehanna

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The fourth class of trainees began the Deckhand to Captain Training Program through the New England Young Fishermen's Alliance on April 16. Photo courtesy of Bella Dziak

NEYFA launches fourth annual Deckhand to Captain Training

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The catcher-processor Arctic Storm, as seen in 2007 in Seattle. The vessel remains hard at work in the Bering Sea pollock fishery and is taking part in the trawl industry’s Gear Innovation Initiative. Wesley Loy photo.

Alaska’s pollock industry looks to get to the bottom of a rising criticism

Wesley Loy

Serious threats to California's critically endangered species, including the Dungeness crab, red abalone, and Pacific herring, were highlighted in a new climate change study. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Climate threat casts a shadow over Calif. commercial fisheries

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Congress is making another push to pass a bill that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to destroy imported seafood that is refused entry due to contamination. Photo by Shutterstock

Congress wants unsafe seafood imports destroyed

Nathan Strout

The Shareholders' Alliance supports Trump in recognizing the importance of American seafood in our economy, food security, and coastal heritage. Photo by the Gulf of American Shareholders' Alliance

Gulf commercial fishermen applaud federal support

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