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California’s salmon fishery is set to reopen this spring. Photo courtesy of Bob Reynold / Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, but commercial fleet faces uncertainty

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The Klamath River mouth. Photo courtesy of Thomas Dunklin / NOAA Fisheries

Thousands of fall Chinook salmon return to Klamath River Basin

Margaret Bauman

Students who studied the crab egg predator include undergraduates Yinghui Wang, Dakota Tyson, Sawyer Kennedy, Isabella Check, Annika Sullivan, Nathaniel Price, Sophia Lecuona Manos, Gabrielle Plewe, Jaden Orli, and Julia Vaughan, with graduate mentor Zoe

First Pacific sighting of crab egg predator

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Sub Sea Sonics/Guardian popup systems and crab pots stacked out at the end of trials on the vessel Jacqueline L. Steve Melz photo.

California Dungeness crab fishery opens to use of pop-up gear

Margaret Bauman

After decades of restrictions that idled vessels, slashed quotas, and forced fishermen out of the industry, the West Coast groundfish fishery has fully rebuilt. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

West Coast groundfish fishery completes historic comeback

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Fishermen help with ghost gear cleanup off from Hawaii. Photo courtesy of HPU

Hawaii project removes ghost gear with help from fishermen

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Black Pearl charter fishing boat. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Sportfishing LLC

Charter operator penalized for closed-area fishing

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers was assigned to Air Station Astoria and working in the rescue of a distressed mariner from a commercial ship offshore, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard aviator dies of injuries suffered during rescue off Oregon

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The crew of the USCG Cutter Mellon, formerly based in Seattle, is using Russ Trombley mallets to clear ice off their vessel’s bow. Photo courtesy of USCG

In winter, ice mallets can keep a vessel afloat

Paul Molyneaux

Proposed offshore wind energy areas off Oregon were set aside in fall 2024 amid opposition from skeptical state leaders, commercial fishing and community groups and Native tribes. BOEM graphic.

Oregon tries again on offshore wind planning

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Seattle Fire Department vessels. Photo courtesy of Ian Dewar Photography

Hazmat crews respond to ammonia leak on fishing vessel

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