The proposed bill, HB 111, would authorize the cultivation of certain finfish – excluding pink, chum, sockeye, coho, Chinook, ...

The National Working Waterfront Network (NWWN) Conference brought together policymakers, industry leaders, and community ...

The Teem Fish equipment runs on 12- or 24-volt electricity with generally low power requirements. “It’s backed with a 2-year ...

In July 2024, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2025 funding bill that slashes NOAA Fisheries’ ...

Applications for the 2025 cohort are now open to commercial fishermen from New Hampshire, southern Maine, and northern Massachusetts with at least three years of experience. To learn more or apply, ...

That tradition is slowly coming to an end. John’s Bay Boat Co. is currently building its 78th wooden boat, which is also its last commercial vessel. It’s the 34’ tuna boat Lea Katherine, which will ...

Since getting into tributaries leading to the Chesapeake Bay, the blue catfish has spread through the rivers and into the bay ...

This winter, the Bristol Bay gillnetter Starship was hauled at Maritime Fabrication's La Conner, Wash., boatbuilding facility ...

I was a 17-year-old green deckhand fishing opilio crab on the Westward Wind, a 170-foot catcher-processor. After crab season, ...

Invasive blue catfish are competing for habitat with seven commercially important Chesapeake Bay species, say Maryland state ...

In just a little over a week, the Maine fishing community will gather once again at the Samoset Resort for the 50th annual ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced a series of closures and restrictions to protect king salmon fishing ...