West Coast & Pacific

The F/V Coastal Reign capsized on Oregon's Garibaldi Bar on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2021, killing two members of its four-person crew. Facebook photo

Coast Guard to present Coastal Reign accident findings

NF Staff

The Shenanegan as it arrived back at Giddings Boatworks in Charleston, Oregon in 2019. Giddings sponsoned and lengthened the boat in 2007, and added a bulbous bow more than a decade later. Harry Allen photo.

The rebuild of the F/V Shenanegan took fourteen years, but it was worth the wait

Paul Molyneaux

Pacific Marine Expo 2022 dates announced

NF Staff

The 2020 Fisheries of the United States report shows an industry worth $4.8 billion - even with a 10 to 15 percent decline from covid-19. Doug Stewart photo.

NOAA says status report shows U.S. fisheries 'on track' with rebuilding

Kirk Moore

Built between 1903 and 1962, PacifiCorp’s Klamath Hydroelectric Project consists of seven dams the project calls for the four lower dams (Iron Gate, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, and J.C. Boyle), which have a generation capacity of 163 megawatts, to be decommissioned. Klamath River Renewal Corporation photos.

Klamath Dam Removal Could Offer Promise for Oregon Commercial Salmon Fishery

Kathryn Gill

We’re hiring a Digital Product Manager

NF Staff

Oregon is starting a pilot project to recover lost Dungeness crab gear and reduce the potential for entanglements with protected marine species. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Oregon to recover derelict Dungeness gear

Kirk Moore

Insights from the BBRSDA 2022 salmon forecast

Kathryn Gill

National Fisherman is hiring: Digital Product Manager

NF Staff

Captain Eric Perez, Michael Cowan (unloader and helps stack the boat) Sam Walton, Chris Fiester, and Adam Keeler. Not pictured are Jordan Murphy and John Barnson (pictured at right).

Catching up with the Oregon-based Dungeness crab crew on the FV Carter Jon

Jessica Hathaway

Maritime Fabrications finished off the 46-foot Pacific Hunter as a crabber. Maritime Fabrications photo

Michael_Crowley

Washington yard finishes crabber before prepping gillnetters for summer

Michael Crowley