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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

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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 Clancy

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

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

Trump administration axes offshore wind fisheries study

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NPFMC council members. Photo courtesy of NPFMC website

Shutdown threatens Alaska fisheries council decisions

Carli Clancy

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

Maine enacts new law to promote working waterfronts

Carli Clancy