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The U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday this year, many of us in the fishing and ocean communities are also celebrating another important milestone: the 50th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Photo courtesy of MFCN

Fifty years of the law that changed our fisheries

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F/V Carli Elaine heading out during the NGOM scallop season. Photo courtesy of Steve Kennedy

NGOM scallop season wraps up at derby pace

Carli Stewart

Freeport Diesel & Marine shop in Freeport, Maine. Photo courtesy of FDM

Freeport shop built by mariners, for fishermen

Carli Stewart

This winter, heavy snowfall and prolonged freezing temperatures locked down Long Island's bays and waterways for multiple weeks, blocking oyster farmers from reaching their growing areas and causing significant damage to gear, vessels, and farm infrastructure. Shutterstock photo.

New York seeks disaster designation for oyster farmers hit by winter freeze

Eric Haun

Charting a course for electric boats on Maine’s coast

Paul Molyneaux

Calif. ocean salmon fishery opens for the first time in three years. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, bringing cautious optimism

NF Staff

The Magnuson-Stevens Act turns 50 years old today, April 13, 2026. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Magnuson-Stevens turns 50 as NOAA cuts raise concern

NF Staff

The $3.4 million in grants will be matched by $4.2 million in contributions from grantees, bringing the total conservation impact to $7.6 million. Shutterstock photo.

NFWF, NOAA announce $3.4 million to modernize fisheries data collection

NF Staff

A new study released by a global seafood alliance contends that bottom trawling undermines local food systems by displacing small-scale fisheries. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Study argues serious impacts of bottom trawling on food security

Margaret Bauman

Gene Mafucci bought the Vivian in 1985 and made repairs and replaced the engine with help from his father, Gene, seen with the boat in front of their home on Tomales Bay, California. They used the tide to do things like paint the bottom. Photo courtesy of

At Marshall Boat Works, Gene Maffucci keeps his wooden boat afloat

Paul Molyneaux

WHOI Sea Grant has awarded $1.6 million to four new research projects targeting pressing challenges facing Massachusetts' aquaculture and fisheries industries. Photo courtesy of WHOI

$1.6M to aquaculture and fisheries research

NF Staff