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Gas and diesel prices on the rise across all U.S. working waterfronts. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fuel costs squeeze US fleets as Dungie season ends on a low note

Carli Stewart

The effort to crack down on illegal fishing is moving forward again on Capitol Hill, with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act advancing out of the U.S. Senate. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

FISH Act advances as Senate targets illegal foreign fishing fleets

Carli Stewart

The battle over Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery to fish has, for the time being, been stalled in the state's general assembly with all bills introduced to regulate or prohibit the fishery being killed or tabled in committees. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Last 2026 General Assembly bill to regulate Virginia menhaden fishery stalls

Larry Chowning

Two bills in the Virginia General Assembly to regulate the state's menhaden reduction fishery have been killed in committees, while one that requires fisheries observers on boats and more control of harvest levels moves forward. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Two bills related to Virginia's menhaden stall in committee, one moves forward

Larry Chowning

Bristol Bay fisherman Bill Hill enters U.S. House race. Photo courtesy by the Bill Hill campaign

Veteran Alaska harvester Bill Hill opts to run for US House

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of Alaska Seafood

House moves to tighten residency rules for fishing, hunting licenses

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Three bills introduced in the Virginia Legislature attack the state's menhaden reduction fishery. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Three bills introduced to control Virginia menhaden fishery

Larry Chowning

The fishing vessel Relentless. Photo courtesy New Civil Liberties Alliance.

After Chevron victory at US Supreme Court, commercial fishers ask appeals court to vacate at-sea monitors rule

Nathan Strout

A bill was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in January that calls for the state to leave the Atlantic Marine Fisheries Commission Compact and to instead create a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to assist the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in managing the fishery. Larry Chowning photo.

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Bill calls for Virginia to leave ASMFC

Larry Chowning

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Photo courtesy of Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock

Alaska waterfronts see funding gains in 2026

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Menhaden are being caught and processed in Louisiana. Photo courtesy of LAFB

Science, not assumption, in Louisiana menhaden debate

Carli Stewart