West Coast & Pacific

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer uses his knife to cut away fouled lines while hoisting a crewman from the life raft of the crab vessel Ethel May near the Willapa Bay Entrance off Washington Feb. 5, 2023. Coast Guard video image.

Search for missing fisherman off Washington

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Seattle-based seafood giant Trident reaches half-century mark

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Fishing vessel facing $41,000 fine for AIS violation

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After 5-year ban, Hawaii may allow commercial aquarium fishing

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Chinook salmon. NOAA photo.

Alaska salmon troll fleet under the gun over chinooks and killer whales

Charlie Ess

National Fisherman Author’s Corner: 15 Seasons – A Commercial Fishing Memoir

Jeremiah Karpowicz

Freshly inserted cotton corking is easily visible between the Terron’s hull planks. It’s the first time the 95-year-old crabber and blackcod boat's planking — originally built wood-to-wood —needed to be corked. David Peterson photo.

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After 95 years, a California crabber gets tightened up

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Commercial fishermen offered bounty to collect derelict fishing nets near Hawaii's shores

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California Spiny Lobstermen Ryan Koverman and Jimmy Olivarri recover traps in Malibu, CA. Photo by Critters Fresh Seafood.

How California fishing families rallied in the storm

Megan Waldrep

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Days of gillnetting on lower Columbia River may be numbered

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Sockeye salmon. NOAA photo.

Trouble at sea: When it comes to salmon, has the Pacific reached its limit?

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