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The commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open in Central California on Jan 5., 2026. CDFW photo.

Dungeness crab season to open Jan. 5 in Central California

NF Staff

U.S. negotiators obtained an additional allocation of 231 metric tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Shutterstock photo.

US secures record bluefin tuna quota increase

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Timothy Petty has been approved as the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the top position overseeing NOAA Fisheries. Department of Energy photo.

Senate confirms new head of NOAA Fisheries

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Seafood aficionados appear to be largely unfazed by higher retail prices for Bristol Bay red king crab. Shutterstock photo.

King crab aficionados demand crab, no matter the price

Margaret Bauman

A last-minute gift guide for fishermen and their families. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

A last-minute holiday gift guide for fishermen

Carli Stewart

Pile of Gulf Shrimp. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

All vendors at Louisiana Shrimp Festival served Gulf shrimp

Carli Stewart

Furuno’s GP-170D bears the wheelmark icon on the lower left corner of the front, indicating that it meets U.S. Coast Guard and IMO requirements for use with electronic chart systems ECS. Photo by Furuno

New navigation tools for new navigation rules

Paul Molyneaux

$500K state funding boost for Cape Cod fishermen. Photo courtesy of CCCFA

$500K state funding boost for Cape Cod fishermen

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Rock crab. Photo by Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust

California warns against eating rock crab viscera along the Northern coast

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Carli and her fiancé, Joe Clancy, and their dog, Alfie. Photo courtesy of Carli Stewart

Maine woman in fisheries: Carli Stewart

Maine Lobstermen's Association

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Petition urges more protections for whales in Dungeness crab fisheries

Margaret Bauman