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A bill that would provide an additional $500 million for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program moved one step closer to becoming law. Photo courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife

San Joaquin salmon restoration bill advances

NF Staff

Pacific Marine Expo will take place from Nov. 19-21 at the Seattle Convention Center’s Arch Building. Photo courtesy of Britton Spark

A new home for PME, built on more than 50 years of tradition

Carli Clancy

A bill that would extend the current pause on new North Atlantic right whale regulations affecting the lobster fishery until 2035 is headed to the full U.S. House. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

House committee advances bill to extend right whale regulatory pause

Carli Clancy

The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative has announced seven new appointments to its Board of Directors. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative names new board members

NF Staff

The Lobster Trap Company’s plastic trap being field tested on the same trawl as a wire trap. According to research and reports from fishermen, plastic traps have been shown to fish as well as or better than wire. Photo courtesy of the Lobster Trap Company

Nova Scotia company aims to reinvent the lobster trap

Paul Molyneaux

Bristol Bay's 2026 sockeye salmon run total reported on July 17 reached more than 43.2 million fish, and the commercial harvest approached 28.5 million. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Bristol Bay sockeye run closes in on preseason forecast

NF Staff

A delegation of commercial fishing leaders from Scotland toured ports across the Northeast last month. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen

Scottish fishing leaders look to Northeast cooperative research model

Carli Clancy

U.S. Coast Guard rescue diver recovered the fishermen who went overboard from the F/V Western Edge. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Provincetown

Fellow fishermen, Coast Guard rescue overboard crewmember

NF Staff

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez visits Skamania Hatchery after concerns over its closure in April. Photo courtesy of Gluesenkamp Perez's office

Northwest gains support in fight over salmon hatchery funding

Carli Clancy

The reopening of the commercial Gulf shrimp season follows its annual assessment of shrimp populations and growth in Texas coastal waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Texas sets July reopening for Gulf commercial shrimp season

NF Staff

The Aleta at the dock in Florence, Oregon. The 49-foot steel ketch was designed by Jack Serin and built near Ventura, California. Kate Price and Brandon Hiza bought the boat in 2022 as both a home and an albacore troller. Photo courtesy of Price/Hiza

F/V Aleta blends sail power with modern albacore fishing

Paul Molyneaux