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Oregon tribes protest offshore wind plans

NF Staff

Music, Masts & Lobster Traps is a nonprofit event created by Jesse Roche, a Maine commercial fisherman, in support of the Save Maine Lobstermen campaign.

Help celebrate and share Maine's lobstering heritage

Carli Stewart

A nearshore Gulf of Maine water sample full of Tripos Muelleri collected in May 2023.  Photo by Joe Vallino/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Scientists, fishermen keep eyes on huge algae bloom in Gulf of Maine

NF Staff

Coho salmon. NMFS photo.

Big coho run on the Kuskokwim River – but not many fishermen

Charlie Ess

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Biden administration approves Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island

Kirk Moore

According to Ben Downes, who first shared the Echo idea with Notus, being able to identify where they are catching has enabled shrimp fishermen to come in with 100,000 pound loads on a regular basis. Ben Downes photo.

The sound of shrimp

Paul Molyneaux

2023 National Fisherman Highliner Curt Brown. Maine lobsterman and marine biologist for Ready Seafood

2023 Highliners at a glance: Curt Brown

NF Staff

This 20' x 8' aluminum garvey-style skiff, called a skimmer boat, is used by Omega Protein and its fishing partners Ocean Harvesters to corral dead fish when there is a net tear. Larry Chowning photo.

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New fish spill cleanup boats on Chesapeake Bay

Larry Chowning

A pair of 23' Saildrone Voyager vehicles are operating in the Gulf of Maine. Saildrone image.

NOAA says keep lookout for Saildrones cruising Gulf of Maine

NF Staff

National Fisherman archive photo.

Setnetters, drifters can find common ground in the BBRSDA

Recipes for the boat: Baked Pasta with Béchamel Topping

LaDonna Rose Gundersen