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Kenny Heath sits on the engine box of the Thomas Jaiden with 27 bushels of blue crabs caught crab potting in the Chesapeake Bay out of Cape Charles, Virginia. Jay Fleming photos

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Back to the bay: Waterman returns to fishing after accident

Larry Chowning

Generations of fishermen have indirectly dealt with mental health challenges. Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

What are some of the key strategies to help commercial fishermen address their mental health?

Carli Stewart

The late Erling Skaar in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009 during a UN conference on climate change. Skaar was an early leader among U.S. fishermen, pressing to defend the industry from pollution threats. Brad Warren photo.

Noted mariner, innovator Erling Skaar goes out singing

Fishing Families: The business of catching, processing and shipping seafood in Alaska as a family

Megan Waldrep

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/116dc0298efa1b83a821100f666cf774.jpg — Baked halibut in parchment. Recipe and photo courtesy of LaDonna Gundersen

Recipes for the boat: Halibut in Parchment

LaDonna Rose Gundersen

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/8626346ef1bd68f1d630c44ec016ff2e.jpg — Portsmouth, NH, USA July 14 Commercial fishing boats are berthed at the harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Shutterstock photo.

Federal at-sea monitors have New England groundfishermen pushing back

Jerry Fraser

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/517b3dca30af3ccd065a461704bee087.png — Carli's father and brother, Craig and Cody Stewart at this past summers Save Maine Lobstermen event in support of the Maine Lobstermen's Association. Photo Courtesy of Carli Stewart

Fishing Family Point of View: regulations and policies across the coasts

Megan Waldrep & Carli Stewart

There are dozens of docks and other facilities where boats can tie up the harbor, and Captains Bay remains a favorite of transient and local fleets. Charlie Ess photo.

At Home in Dutch Harbor

Charlie Ess

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/a8860f38a613420edb72c6e1e4c0ff42.jpg — Lobster trap stacked on Merrill Wharf with a view of Union Wharf, Portland, Maine, across the way. Doug Stewart Photo

Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act: A lifeline for coastal fishing communities

Carli Stewart

Terry Alexander has spent his life as a commercial fisherman in Cundy’s Harbor, Maine. Photo courtesy Terry Alexander.

National Fisherman Highliner: Terry Alexander

Caroline Losneck