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Commercial fishing and sharks are striking a balance between thriving marine ecosystems and sustainable fishing industries. Photo freepik.com

A Balancing Act between Sharks and Commercial Fishing

Doug Stewart

Fish Wife Maureen Marinkovich guides seasonal income management

Megan Waldrep

A proposed project would install up to 12 turbines on Volturnus floating platforms in the Gulf of Maine, similar to the Volturnus 1:8 installation off Castine, Maine. University of Maine image.

Maine offshore wind: Measuring values

Paul Molyneaux

Podcast: Galley Stories EP 78 Captain Jake Albinio F/V Cornelia Marie

NF Staff

Kenny Heath sits on the engine box of the Thomas Jaiden with 27 bushels of blue crabs caught crab potting in the Chesapeake Bay out of Cape Charles, Virginia. Jay Fleming photos

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Back to the bay: Waterman returns to fishing after accident

Larry Chowning

Book review: Death of a Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

At Pac Fish Inc in Seattle, Doug Dixon maintains something of a little museum dedicated to 19th century shipwright Frederick Douglass. Famous for his abolitionist oratory and writing, Douglass’s first trade was boatbuilding, and he escaped to freedom by p

A day to remember a shipwright: Frederick Douglass

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing boats moored in Ukedo, Japan. The British Academy.

Japan will dump Fukushima water into the Pacific

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 Stewart

On-demand (ropeless) lobster pot gear on the deck of a commercial fishing vessel. NEFSC photo.

The Case for Ropeless

Nick Rahaim

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/ff4feafa908a35eec1c86e9cea77200b.jpg — Aerial view of the Marshall Cove Mussel farm in Islesboro, ME. Photo courtesy of MAA

Better connecting the fishing and aquaculture communities in Maine and beyond

Jeremiah Karpowicz