National Fisherman

Squid

The Honolulu-based tuna longliner, Pacific Sun, hauled out at Ventura Harbor Boatyard. “She was a little too big for another yard I sometimes use, so I brought her to Ventura for a shave and a haircut,” says owner Peter Webster.

Ventura Harbor Boatyard eyes growth for West Coast fleet

Paul Molyneaux

U.S. FWS proposed clarity on the status of squid as shellfish. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Feds propose new definition of shellfish to include squid, others

NF Staff

Red colors in this image show higher concentrations of chlorophyll in the Gulf of Maine and beyond. This image was taken by the Ocean Color Instrument sensor aboard the PACE satellite on April 8, 2024. Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA joins SCEMFIS advisory board, bringing satellite data to fisheries research

NF Staff

The SHIFT ACT, introduced by a trio of U.S. senators, would require NOAA Fisheries to more formally account for climate-driven shifts in fish stocks when setting commercial fishing quotas. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

New bill takes aim at climate-driven quota challenges

Carli Stewart

Ørsted's Block Island Wind project, a five-turbine pilot project built off Rhode Island in 2016, was a forerunner of the $5 billion Revolution Wind project now being blocked by the Trump administration. Ørsted photo.

Ørsted, states sue Trump administration over Revolution Wind

NF Staff

The 45-foot vessel Navigator was at anchor during when it was engulfed in flames and sank. Central Fire District of Santa Cruz County photo.

Fishing vessel burns and sinks near Santa Cruz

Eric Haun

Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Calif. squid fishery an economic powerhouse

NF Aggregator

After a mechanical failure Aug. 17, Cape May County, N.J. officials kept the Middle Thorofare drawbridge locked open to permit continued fishing boat access to the Port of Cape May/Wildwood. Lund's Fisheries photo.

Cape May keeps drawbridge open for fishing traffic

NF Staff

Port of Galilee in Narragansett celebrates a newly finished commercial fishing pier. Photo by Andrei Orlov on Shutterstock

Port of Galilee ensures commercial fishermen's future

Carli Stewart

While under construction at Dixon Marine in Lower Wood’s Harbour, Nova Scotia, the Pacific Bully grew wider twice. Photo by Pacific Bully

Dixon Marine Group builds multi-fishery hull for Calif. fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management outlined a final wind energy area totaling about 2 million acres off Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from 23 to 92 milws offshore. BOEM graphic.

Next BOEM studies will examine Gulf of Maine, NJ wind conflicts

Kirk Moore