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Making a profit with a small boat means cutting costs where possible. Burning biofuel enabled Nick Wilbur to get to his fishing grounds and back for free. He found that his engine ran faster, smoother, and quieter on biofuel. Nick Wilbur photo.

One captain’s experiment with vegetable oil fuel

Paul Molyneaux

On-demand fishing gear systems were tested in Jonesport, Maine, using the Maine Department of Marine Resources gear library. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Consumers would pay more for lobster caught with ropeless gear, study finds

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A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew medevaced an ailing fisherman from a vessel 92 miles offshore Brunswick, Georgia. Coast Guard photo.

Fisherman medevaced off Georgia coast

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Alaska's five Pacific salmon species are all forecast to see lower harvests in 2026, with global sockeye, keta, and pink supplies also expected to decline significantly from recent averages. Shutterstock photo.

Report forecasts 15% drop in global salmon harvest

Margaret Bauman

Initially established under President Bush in 2009, the no-fishing zone around Wake, Johnston and Jarvis in the Pacific Islands Heritage Monument was extended to 200 miles by President Obama in 2014. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council gra

Trump moves to reopen Pacific remote waters for fishing

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The URI fisheries and technology program legacy

Paul Molyneaux

Chinook and chum salmon have been hard hit in recent years by rising ocean temperatures, anthropogenic impacts, and increased microplastic pollution. Michael Humling / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service photo.

Chinook salmon tagging data aims to help reduce trawler bycatch

Margaret Bauman

The 134-foot Arctic Sea ran aground on St. George Island in the Pribilofs on Jan. 5 after losing power during a severe gale, in 50-knot winds and 10-foot seas. All nine crew members on board were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation photo.

Grounded fishing vessel spilled 45,000 gallons of diesel near Pribiloffs

Margaret Bauman

Mirage, a 50-foot longliner and troller, is now equipped with a hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system. ALFA photo.

Alaska's first hybrid-electric fishing boat lowers costs, boosts ocean environment

Margaret Bauman

Mace, Southern legislators back ‘shrimp honesty’ act

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The Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., is a flood-control structure managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that diverts high water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain, protecting the New Orleans metro area from catastrophic flooding. U.S. Army photo by Ryan Labadens.

US appeals court affirms dismissal of Louisiana oystermen’s Bonnet Carre Spillway lawsuit

Nathan Strout