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When he is not setting and hauling the shrimp net on the Udvaar 3, Benjamin Bakke transforms into MonkfishMan. Vidar Andersen photo

The Funniest Catch

Paul Molyneaux

Lynn Marie and Hook & Ladder put on a good show in Maine’s Lobster Boat Races. Jon Johansen photo

Opinion: Marine insurance market not getting easier

Guest Author

The commercial fleet tied up in San Francisco awaits word from California's governor on a proposed 1,300 percent increase in landing fees. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Keeton. — The commercial fleet tied up in San Francisco. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Keeton.

Retraction: Study of marine protected areas deemed flawed with conflict of interest

Jessica Hathaway

Trawl-caught Pacific cod on the F/V Pegasus. Midwater Trawlers Cooperative photo

Letter: Pacific trawl cooperatives applaud council action

Guest Author

Cuts of Fish, illustrated in the first issue of Maine Coast Fisherman, 1946.

Digging fisheries for 75 years

Jessica Hathaway

Editor’s Log: Systems overhaul

Jessica Hathaway

National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners (clockwise from top left): Julie Decker, Jerry Dzugan, Benjamin Platt and Jennifer Lincoln.

National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners

Jessica Hathaway

The receiving end of Blue Ocean Gear’s Farallon smart buoy’s transmissions can save thousands in lost gear. Blue Ocean Gear photo

Northern Lights: Alaska Seafood 2050

Guest Author

Chuck Bundrant off the coast of Akutan, Alaska, where he and his partner, Kaare Ness, built a processing plant and the Safe Harbor Church. Trident Seafoods photo

Chuck Bundrant: Built to last

Jessica Hathaway

Chuck Bundrant, founder of Trident Seafoods, with his son Joe aboard the F/V Bountiful in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, 1979. Trident Seafoods photo

Telling the story of Chuck Bundrant

Guest Author

The Lifejackets for Lobstermen program has distributed more than 1,200 PFDs to Northeast lobstermen at half the retail cost.

NTSB panel confirms: Humans like to be heard

Jessica Hathaway