National Fisherman

West Coast & Pacific

Crab traps loaded aboard a fishing boat in Eureka, CA, in preparation for the Dungeness crab season. Photo by Shutterstock

San Francisco Dungeness crab season stalls again

Carli Clancy

Juvenile salmon experienced a mix of favorable and challenging ocean conditions off the West Coast in 2025. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Mixed signals suggest moderate Pacific salmon returns

NF Staff

Rock crab. Photo by Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust

California warns against eating rock crab viscera along the Northern coast

NF Staff

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Petition urges more protections for whales in Dungeness crab fisheries

Margaret Bauman

The Coast Guard will maintain helicopter operations based at Newport, Ore., for the duration of the 2025 Dungeness crab fishing season, Adm. Kevin Lunday told Oregon senators Dec. 12. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Hunter Schnable.

Coast Guard says helicopter operations continue at Newport

NF Staff

Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate to California's Central Valley rivers to spawn. Photo by Miles Daniels

California Chinook salmon are study of survival in changing climate

Margaret Bauman

Photo courtesy of melissamn

Pacific halibut catches declined this year

Laine Welch

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

Oregon Dungeness fishermen will be hauling in time for the holidays

Carli Clancy

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NOAA awards over $26.4 M for marine debris removal

Margaret Bauman

The 40-foot wooden albacore troller Jo El was built in Sunnyside, Washington, in 1967. Every year, owner Brett Montague hauls her out for a new coat of paint, new zincs, and other maintenance. Photo courtesy Brett Montague

Boat of the Month, the Jo El

Paul Molyneaux

Alexandra Morton started off presenting fisheries science aimed at protecting wild salmon. “When I saw the science wasn’t bringing change, I became an activist,” she says. Simon Fraser University photo.

Removal of BC salmon farms coincides with rebounding wild runs

Paul Molyneaux