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elver, elver poaching — Elvers. Photo by Flickr user LHG Creative Photography.

Maine fisherman acquitted of overfishing elver quota by 1/100th of a pound

Paul Molyneaux

Ivy Jean loading up — The crew of the 44-foot Maine lobster boat Ivy Jean load up for an overnight offshore trip. Paul Molyneaux photo

Editor’s Log: Town and country

Jessica Hathaway

Shishaldin, Isanotski and Roundtop volcanoes as seen from the Unimak Pass in morning light. Unimak Island is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Gordon Spear photo.

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Busted up in the Bering Sea

Michael Crowley

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 24, 1989. More than 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled over the course of several days. Charles N. Ehler photo.

Pilothouse log: Spill processing

Jessica Hathaway

Though the author gillnets in Cook Inlet, Alaska, she stands with her fellow salmon fishermen in opposing Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.

Dock talk: Fight

Guest Author

Haines Packing Co. in Haines, Alaska.

Q&A with Haines Packing Co.

Guest Author

The 131-foot trawler Progress left Fred Wahl Marine Construction Jan. 8 to return to fishing in Alaska. Fred Wahl Marine photo. — The trawler Progress was towed to Fred Wahl Marine Construction with her windows boarded up after they were blown out in rough seas. Fred Wahl Marine Construction.

Editor's log: Progress report

Jessica Hathaway

F/V Alaskan Girl. Brannon Finney photo.

Alaskan Girl captain speaks her piece

Guest Author

Ryland Bell chases powder days across the globe by winter and salmon throughout Southeast Alaska by summer.

Who we are: Ryland Bell

Nick Rahaim

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.

Fish Wife on a tear

Guest Author

NET Systems' Ultra Cross Knotless Netting will be the first polyester salmon seine to serve in Alaska salmon fisheries in the summer of 2019.

NET Systems: Polyester netting was never so strong

NF Staff