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A lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York against Canadian seafood giant Cooke Inc. alleging violations of the American Fisheries Act and Jones Act. Larry Chowning photo.

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$2 billion lawsuit alleges Cooke Inc. violated U.S. fishing laws

Larry Chowning

Gulf shrimp boats tied up at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Photo by Doug Stewart.

Louisiana 2024 Spring Shrimp Season to Open

Doug Stewart

The Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received the call at 7:30 a.m. that the vessel was sinking. Photo by USCG

Crab fishing vessel North American sinks at Washington dock

Carli Stewart

Fishermen and conservationists are concerned about legislation intended to grow the aquaculture industry in federal waters and building on former President Trump’s Executive Order 13921, which opened federal waters to aquaculture. Photo by Don’t Cage Our

Mail Buoy: Aquaculture Counterpoints from Stronger America Through Seafood

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Eelgrass bed in Tomales Bay, California. Photo by Melissa Ward and NOAA Fisheries

Port Angeles Harbor Trustees to launch eelgrass restoration program

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Alaska lawmakers have approved a task force to consider responses to the decline of state industry. Photo by Peter Leahy on Shutterstock

Alaska forms task force to tackle troubled seafood industry

Carli Stewart

Catching sockeye on a Bristol Bay drift gillnet boat. A smaller Alaska salmon harvest this year could help clear inventory and bolster ex-vessel prices for fishermen. Wesley Loy photo

As Alaska salmon season opens, Silver Bay’s CEO assesses grim times

Wesley Loy

The 2023 average monthly sea surface temperature (SST) in the Gulf of Maine was among the top three and the warmest since 1982. Photo by Kristina Delp on Unsplash

Gulf of Maine experienced its fifth warmest year in 2023

Carli Stewart

NASA’s PACE satellite will give scientists new tools to monitor ocean health, and could potentially enable them to predict the abundance of certain fish stocks based on plankton type and abundance. NASA photo.

NASA unveils ocean algal blooms through satellite imaging

Paul Molyneaux

The Kodiak Enterprise docked before the April 2023 fire. Trident Seafoods photo.

NTSB: Fire detection system failed to warn onboard crew

NF Staff

Maine congressmen and fishing groups are urging the ASMFC to delay the proposed increase to the minimum allowable catch size for Maine lobstermen. Photo by WoodysPhotos on Shutterstock

Maine lobster gauge increase brings economic worries

Carli Stewart