National Fisherman

Viewpoints

A Seafood Harvesters of America survey found that fishermen are looking for improvements in engine efficiency, including hybrid electric vessels such as the Norwegian longliner Geir, launched in 2020. HP Holmeset photo.

Focus on fish tech

Paul Molyneaux

Matt Alward of United Fishermen of Alaska, Keith Colburn of the F/V Wizard, Jessica Hathaway of National Fisherman and Ted Teske of NIOSH meet at the Maine Fishermen's Forum in 2016, back when we did such things as gather en masse.

Turning of the tide

Jessica Hathaway

Unlike East Coast offshore wind energy turbines on sea floor monopile foundations, West Coast turbines would stand on floating platforms. Principle Power/Redwood Coast Energy Authority image.

Oregon fishing advocates organize to pressure BOEM on offshore wind

NF Staff

Daniel Thoreson and Jeff French teamed up on the 29-footer Fishy Business out of Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Our House: The Old Man and the Cowboy

Guest Author

Writer Megan Waldrep and her husband, Chris Dabney, a second-generation California spiny lobsterman and Bristol Bay fisherman.

A Fish Wife Can Pick ’Em: 8 Go-To Gifts for Your Valentine

Megan Waldrep

Boats lined up in the Kenai River waiting to deliver their catches to the tenders at Columbia Wards’ cannery in the early 1980s. Pat Dixon photo

Alone on the Fish: Waiting to Deliver

Guest Author

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