National Fisherman

Yellowfin Tuna

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

A survey vessel towing an airgun array during a seismic survey . International Association of Geophysical Contractors photo.

Atlantic seismic survey permits expiring; oil exploration ‘back to square one’

Kirk Moore

U.S. longline captain Michael Foy has been held in custody by British Virgin Islands authorities who seized his vessel Rebel Lady June 8. Photo courtesy Jordan Cassoff.

U.S. longline captain granted bail while awaiting trial in British Virgin Islands

Kirk Moore

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against NMFS plans for permitting ocean pen aquaculture in federal waters. Kampachi Farms photo.

Senate bill would establish U.S. offshore aquaculture rules

Kirk Moore