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The Starlight is one of two O’Hara Lobster Bait midwater trawlers. It was launched from Eastern Shipyard in Panama City in the late 1970s, then overhauled at Patti Marine in Pensacola, Fla., and returned to Rockland, Maine in June 2019. Tom Farrell photo

Feds declare East Coast herring fishery a disaster

Jessica Hathaway

PME 2021 Spotlight - Exploring the Latest Marine Propulsion Components from ZF

Jeremiah Karpowicz

Slinky pot designer Alexander Stubbs of Fish Tech Inc. (second from right) speaks during a panel discussion at Pacific Marine Expo. Doug Stewart photo.

Slinky pots and ropeless gear: next angles for whale avoidance

Kirk Moore

Keith Singleton of Alaskan Leader accepted the Bristol Bay Choice Award from Lilani Dunn and Andy Wink of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.

Alaska Symphony of Seafood: Winners Announced at Expo

Jessica Hathaway

Shipping containers were piled at Terminal 46 in Seattle as the container vessel CMA CGM Gemini waited nearby. Kirk Moore photo.

Northwest ports press forward from pandemic

Kirk Moore

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Pacific Marine Expo

Jessica Hathaway

Katherine Carscallen (second from left) of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay speaks during a panel discussion on environmental protection for the region at Pacific Marine Expo. Doug Stewart photo.

Heydays of Bristol Bay: Pushing back on Pebble

Jessica Hathaway

Panelists discussed the future of commercial fishing and offshore wind energy at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle Nov. 18. Doug Stewart photo.

Offshore wind plans coming fast and furious

Kirk Moore

Guitarist Brad Warren performed at Saturday's FisherPoets readings at Pacific Marine Expo. Kirk Moore photo.

Fisherman of the Year and FisherPoets are back!

NF Staff

FishTech inc / CodCoil Slinky Pots booth at 2021 Pacific Marine Expo. Photo Doug Stewart

Expo Friday preview: Whale avoidance, Symphony of Seafood, Ocean Plastics

NF Staff

A federal appeals court reversed a lower court's emergency delay of the planned closing of lobster fishing area LMA1 to protect endangered northern right whales. NMFS image.

Appeals court reinstates Maine lobster gear restriction

Kirk Moore