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Most fishing crew receive a share of the catch as opposed to a standard wage or salary, and a share in no way implies partnership. Shutterstock photo.

Operation: Get Paid

Nick Rahaim

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Expect the unexpected: An evaluation of climate impacts on Alaskan fisheries

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Rising costs and tightening constraints are reshaping who can remain in the commercial fishing business. Shutterstock photo.

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Common cause: Maine, Alaska share challenges, if not history

Jerry Fraser

Commercial fishermen Jim and Katie Dawson of Chincoteague, Va., are raising concerns about a proposed seabed mining project off Virginia’s coast. Photo courtesy of the Dawsons

Opinion: Seabed mining would strip mine fishermens’ future

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A kelp forest off the California coast. Kelp canopies provide critical nearshore habitat for fish, invertebrates, and outmigrating salmon smolts. Shutterstock photo.

Kelp's crisis is the fleet's crisis

Nick Rahaim

Like a three-legged stool, Alaska's commercial fishing economy relies on fishermen, processors and coastal communities working together. Photo courtesy of Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance

Opinion: Why targeting one fishery puts Alaska's seafood economy at risk

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Senator Sullivan reintroduced the Bycatch Reduction Act. Legislation that would expand federal efforts to reduce bycatch and more. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Sullivan reintroduces sweeping bill targeting bycatch, seafloor impacts

Carli Clancy

The GM 6-53 "was the beating heart of the Hard Times. It ran and ran and ran...sometimes when I went down forward for something I would pause for a second or two and just marvel at it as it roared." Photo courtesy of Jerry Fraser

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From Johnson Seahorse to screaming jimmy

Jerry Fraser

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The URI fisheries and technology program legacy

Paul Molyneaux

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How out‑of‑work fishermen saved the American Revolution

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Marad modernizes US citizenship evidencing requirements for vessel owners and program participants

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