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Senator Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a working waterfronts bill to boost the coastal workforce, fisheries, and infrastructure. The bill will support coastal communities' economies, climate resiliency, and energy capabilities. Photo by Marnie Leist on Unspl

Alaska senator introduces new bill to strengthen coastal workforce, fisheries, and infrastructure

Carli Stewart

SCDNR and state representatives work on a bill to sustain the blue crab population within South Carolina. Photo by Marco Lissoni on Shutterstock.

Efforts to save blue crabs underway in South Carolina

Carli Stewart

Senators Murphy, Blumenthal, & Warren introduce new legislation to support commercial fishermen & sustainable fisheries in response to climate change. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Senators support fisheries in the face of climate change

Carli Stewart

Life preserver on a dock. Photo by Roan Lavery on Unsplash

Unifying Efforts: Bipartisan Legislators Introduce Bill Ensuring Protection and Welfare of Commercial Fishermen

Carli Stewart

Fishing Vessel Carl & Co — F/V Carl & Co, owned and operated by Craig Stewart out of Long Island, Maine. Photo by CS

Senators Collins and Reed Introduce Bill to Preserve Vital Working Waterfronts

Carli Stewart

F/V Marcia and F/V Moira Bay at dock in Portland Maine. Photo courtesy of H. Train

ASMFC lobster board delays gauge increase

Carli Stewart

Fisherman Joel Collier of West Coast Wild Scallops and his wife Melissa, have run the small family operation since 2017 in BC, Canada. Joel is pictured here with his son, Caleb and daughter Cora.

Canadian government threatens B.C. closures; what fishing families are doing to survive

Megan Waldrep

Biden on the cover of The New York Times — Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Green energy push seen putting whales, industry at risk

NF Aggregator

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/18dc03cd7ec6f5c8a329d3e561475806.jpg — San Francisco, CA – April 13, 2023: Activists outside of the Japanese Consulate demand that the radioactive water stored at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant not be released into the Pacific Ocean. Credit Phil Pasquini

Controversy swirls over Japan's Fukushima water disposal

Carli Stewart

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Biden administration approves Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island

Kirk Moore

The Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway twice in 2019 to divert flood waters headed down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. Corps of Engineers photo.

Mississippi opens financial aid for fishermen affected by 2019 Bonnet Carré diversion