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Sitka, Alaska, fisherman, Jeff Farvour, gaffs a salmon aboard his 40-foot troller, the Apollo. A lawsuit by the Wild Fish Conservancy almost closed the Southeast Alaska salmon troll fishery in 2023, and the fishermen’s struggle with the litigious organiza

The Wild Fish Conservancy’s never-ending lawsuits

Paul Molyneaux

While NOAA Fisheries Southeast Region Permits Office has granted an extension for dealers and fishermen to renew permits during the shutdown, the Coast Guard’s vessel safety inspectors have reportedly all been furloughed. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Zirlott

What’s working, what’s not in the shutdown

Paul Molyneaux

Former Rep. Mary Peltola. Photo courtesy of Facebook

Peltola highlights subsistence fishing inequities

NF Staff

Aerial view of New Bedford's commercial fishing docks. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / Wangkun Jia

Trump administration axes offshore wind fisheries study

Guest Author

NPFMC council members. Photo courtesy of NPFMC website

Shutdown threatens Alaska fisheries council decisions

Carli Stewart

Dock in Cutler, Maine. Photo by Jon Bilous / Shutterstock

Maine enacts new law to promote working waterfronts

Carli Stewart

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

FISH Act targets IUU fishing to protect U.S. fishermen

NF Staff

U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-Oregon) speaking at a hearing titled "Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.” Screenshot courtesy of Nathan Strout

Trump’s NOAA cuts clash with seafood competitiveness goals

Nathan Strout

Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo by Alexandre.ROSA / Shutterstock

Murkowski and King reintroduce Working Waterfronts Act

Carli Stewart

Shutterstock photo.

Insurance bill for Alaska harvesters clears state legislature

Margaret Bauman

U.S. shrimpers call for targeted tariffs to secure domestic seafood production. Other food groups lend support. Doug Stewart Photo.

Shrimpers call for tariffs to protect fishing industry

NF Staff