National Fisherman

Yellowfin Tuna

The Blue Dragon II, a 98-foot U.S. flagged tuna longliner, was built in 1973. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission photo.

Longline crew rescued after high seas vessel fire

Kirk Moore

The Fiji-flagged longline vessel Hangton No. 112 was targeted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after agency investigators found evidence of the crew being in forced labor. Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Council photo.

U.S. Customs acts on finding forced labor on Fijian flagged longliner

Kirk Moore

President Biden reversed the Trump administration executive order that would have permitted commercial fishing to continue in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.

Biden administration may reinstate Northeast marine monument restrictions

Kirk Moore

Yellowfin tuna. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Taro Taylor.

Gulf yellowfin: Producers foresee a good season ahead as sushi buyers come back

Sue Cocking

A simplified graphic of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, showing warm- and cold-water flows in the Atlantic Ocean. Levke Caesar/Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Study shows Gulf Stream, Atlantic cold current at record low

Kirk Moore

The Coast Guard cutter Kimball, one of the latest in the National Security Cutter class, recently patrolled 3,600 miles in the Philippine Sea. The cutter’s law enforcement team conducted its first ever at-sea boarding, Feb. 10, 2021. Coast Guard photo.

New Coast Guard cutter conducts long-range Indo-Pacific fisheries patrol

NF Staff

Longliners tied up at Honolulu's Pier 38. Photo courtesy HawaiiSeafood.org.

Hawaii longliners seek temporary visas for foreign crew

Kirk Moore

Hawaii's bigeye tuna fishery is worth more than $100 million annually. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center photo.

Seafood sustainability foundation reports most world tuna stocks in good shape

Kirk Moore

The Reel E' Bugging, a vessel featured on the National Geographic series Wicked Tuna, burned 34 miles east of Barnegat Light, N.J. Nov. 5, 2020. Coast Guard photo.

‘Wicked Tuna’ crew survives boat fire

Kirk Moore

Michael Foy has been longlining out of Puerto Rico, regularly clearing customs in Tortola. Jordan Cassoff photo.

After four months in jail, U.S. fisherman free to leave the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands Magistrate’s Court on Friday threw out the charge of operating an unlicensed or unregulated fishing vessel against United States fisherman Michael Foy. His attorney will call additional witnesses to testify against Mr. Foy’s two

BVI court tosses illegal fishing charge against U.S. longline captain while trial continues