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A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against NMFS plans for permitting ocean pen aquaculture in federal waters. Kampachi Farms photo.

Federal appeals court rules against Gulf of Mexico aquaculture plan

Kirk Moore

Fisherman Keith Bruno after his business Endurance Seafood in Oriental, N.C. was heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018. He's preparing again for Tropical Storm Isaias. Maureen Donald photo.

North Carolina’s fishermen brace for Isaias

Maureen Donald

Joe Letourneau sorts haddock, cod, cusk, pollock and redfish

Killin’ With a Purpose

Paul Molyneaux

National Fisherman — September Issue — 2020

NF Staff

NMFS officials say they now plan to resume at-sea observer coverage in the Northeast beginning Aug. 14. NMFS photo.

NMFS looks to resume Northeast observer coverage in August

Kirk Moore

Heather Anne Tyson Fick Alaska salmon — Aboard the Heather Anne out of Juneau, Alaska, Tyson Fick cuts off the head of a salmon prior to pressure bleeding. John McCarthy photo

Editor's Log: High quality, low tech

Jessica Hathaway

Salmon seine. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Northern Lights: Responding to the covid market

Guest Author

Humpback whales are appearing more frequently in New York and New Jersey waters. NOAA photo.

With whale strandings up, NOAA urges caution for boaters

Kirk Moore

NMFS officials planned to resume at-sea observer coverage in Northeast fisheries July 1, after a three-month waiver because of the covid-19 pandemic, but have postponed until at least August. NOAA photo.

Massachusetts lawmakers seek extended waiver of at-sea monitoring

NF Staff

Gunner Thorstenson, Captain Bob Thorstenson Jr., Sig Decker and Helen Decker all crewed together this summer on Bob Thorstenson's F/V Vigilant and F/V Magnus Martens out of Petersburg, Alaska. Sig, Helen and fellow crew member Ian Martin were lost in a car accident south of Petersburg late Monday night. Courtesy of the Decker family

Alaska fishing family loses two children in Petersburg accident

Jessica Hathaway

Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.

Offshore wind arrays will disrupt fisheries assessments, scientists warn

Kirk Moore