National Fisherman

Urchins

The Tide-N-Knots rests on its mooring in Bailey’s Mistake, a semi-protected anchorage in Lubec, Maine. Built somewhere in Nova Scotia in 1979, the boat is typical of the rough old Novi workhorses found in Downeast Maine. Greg McConnell photo.

Boat of the month: Tide-N-Knots

Paul Molyneaux

Matt Johnston leased a crab license during the pandemic. Coming out of lockdown he realized he wanted to commit to the fishery and decided to build a boat at Full Time Fabrication with his old friend TJ Lowry. Full Time Fabrication photo.

The Wild West

Paul Molyneaux

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/517b3dca30af3ccd065a461704bee087.png — Carli's father and brother, Craig and Cody Stewart at this past summers Save Maine Lobstermen event in support of the Maine Lobstermen's Association. Photo Courtesy of Carli Stewart

Fishing Family Point of View: regulations and policies across the coasts

Megan Waldrep & Carli Clancy

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/7207260929660364b9a69f43e3d2228f.jpg — Photo by Kindel Media: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-putting-a-sea-urchin-in-a-paper-bag-8352348/

What happened to Maine's once-robust sea urchin fishery?

NF Aggregator

California red urchin. Photo by Kirk Onthank/CC BY-NV 4.0

Pacific urchins: Covid delayed purple urchin removal, but hope as kelp recovers

Charlie Ess

PAC seaurchin AlasakDFG

Market barriers constrain Alaska urchin fishing

Laine Welch

A sparkling April day in Seward, Alaska. Jessica Hathaway photo. — Seward, Alaska, is a top port for blackcod and halibut landings. Jessica Hathaway photo

Fall fishing: Alaska's commercial fleets load up on pollock, Dungeness, king crabs and more

Laine Welch

California red urchin. Photo by Kirk Onthank/CC BY-NV 4.0

Urchins: Open season on purps with goal to help restore red urchins, abalone

Charlie Ess

delayed — Dungeness crab. Susan Chambers photo.

Pacific Market Report: 2019 Year in Review

Charlie Ess

Crew_Shots_King_crab_Henry_Perales — Deckhand Henry Perales on the Bering Sea crabber Lisa Marie. NF Crew Shots

King crab and closures: Alaska proposes $1 million in commercial fisheries cuts

Laine Welch

Purple urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Kirt L. Onthank photo

Pacific urchins: California divers fight the purps; 1.2 million ground up for compost

Charlie Ess