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Photo by John van Amerongen.

Fisherpoets: The Hammock

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Getting rest in the season is a significant challenge for the crews who fish Alaska’s compact salmon season in Bristol Bay. Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association photo

Editor’s Log: Our family to yours

Jessica Hathaway

Tuna Harbor Dockside Market — Tuna Harbor Dockside Market in San Diego. Photo by Jordyn Kastlunder

Direct marketers: These funds are for you

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North Carolina Science and Seafood

Nothing fishy about it: Seafood saves lives

Maureen Donald

The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Mail Buoy: Offshore shutout

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Council responds on public comment changes

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An installation vessel works on the second Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project wind turbine 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The pilot project became the first operational wind farm in U.S. federal waters in October 2020. Lyfted Media for Dominion

Letter: Offshore wind stakeholders aim for coexistence

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Off-loading Alaska halibut. Earl D. Walker/Shutterstock

Cut off: Council makes sweeping changes on public input

Jessica Hathaway

Fishing boats tied up in Maine's Perkins Cove. Elena Elisseeva/Shutterstock photo

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Hung up: Ball player gets out of a jam

Jerry Fraser

Jerry Fraser bought the 37-foot Jonesport-style lobster boat Hard Times in 1981 and rerigged her for dragging.

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Dock price: The cost of cutting access to healthy fisheries

Jerry Fraser

Lexi and Adam Hackett with their children, Isla and Leo. Hackett family photo.

Fish & Family: Q&A with Lexi Hackett