National Fisherman

West Coast & Pacific

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

CDFW closes Northern Dungeness fishery

NF Staff

David Peterson installed ribs and five new planks on the Elin Laine at Zerlang & Zerlang.

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David Peterson’s craft preserves West Coast fishing

Michael Crowley

Bering Sea pollock come aboard a trawler. NMFS video image.

NMFS reports 24 percent cut in Alaska staffing

NF Staff

The Port of Toledo Shipyard’s 650-ton Ascom travel lift had no trouble bringing the 500-ton Alaska king crabber Kiska Sea ashore. The yard also has an 85-ton Acme lift for smaller vessels. Photo by Toledo Shipyard

Port of Toledo Shipyard in the flow

Paul Molyneaux

James "Jim" Brantingham, 1945 - 2025. Photo courtesy Nate Brantingham.

Great to know you, Jim!

Oregon pink shrimp. Photo by ODFW

USDA buys $16M of Oregon shrimp as fleet faces setbacks

NF Staff

The sunset glows as the ship pulls the Multi-Function Trawl (MFT) net through calm waters. Photo Credit Greg Shaughnessy / NOAA Fisheries

New trawl net to cut costs and boost survey accuracy

Carli Clancy

The 2025 Pacific Marine Expo dates have been announced. Photo courtesy of Brandon Cole

PME 2025: Back in Seattle, bigger and better

Carli Clancy

CDFW announced an immediate restriction on the commercial and recreational harvest of Pacific sardines for human consumption. Photo by Andrea Izzotti

CDFW closes sardine fishery for human consumption

NF Staff

Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nichols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall, a tunnel under the pilothouse for setting longline pots, and the hydraulics and RSW located in the bow. Yale Fogarty photo.

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

Paul Molyneaux

Alaskan pollock is the biggest fishery in the U.S. by volume. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Alaska pollock season closes with strong catches

NF Staff