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The Pacific Producer's history of hard luck includes a 2013 grounding at Kodiak Island, Alaska. Coast Guard photo.

OSHA seeks nearly $209,000 fine over Alaska processor violations

One fishermen died and another was injured when the Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser collided with their boat near Puerto Rico on Aug. 8, 2022. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard cutter commander removed over fatal 2022 collision

More than 90,000 pounds of donated canned Alaska salmon are in Ukraine for distribution through the humanitarian group World Central Kitchen. ASMI image.

Wild Alaska pink salmon for Ukraine

A mixed bag of bluefish, black sea bass, squid, flounder, monkfish, and triggerfish — Locals Seafood sells what fishermen catch off the coast of North Carolina. Locals Seafood photo.

NOAA issues draft National Seafood Strategy for public comment

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer assists the crew of the disabled fishing vessel Dolphin II before they were lifted to safety Feb. 11, 2023 off Puerto Rico. Coast Guard video image.

Coast Guard rescues three from fishing vessel off Puerto Rico

Fishing vessels tied up at New Bedford, Mass. Doug Stewart photo.

New Bedford calls for ‘cumulative approach’ to offshore wind fisheries compensation

Bryson Fitch of Bay Center, Wash., is missing after the crab vessel Ethel May sank Feb. 5 near Willapa Bay. A GoFundMe page was set up to help his wife Mckenzie and children Ryder, 6, Paisley, 4, and Capri, 4 months. Photo courtesy Fitch/Salas family.

Search, GoFundMe effort for family of missing Washington crabber

The Maine Hall at the 2017 Maine Fishermen's Forum. National Fisherman photo.

The Maine Fishermen’s Forum returns

Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures Feb. 4, 2023; about 60 degrees Fahrenheit near the U.S. Louisiana-Texas coast to 81 degrees around Cuba. NOAA image.

Gulf of Mexico has warmed at twice rate of global oceans

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer uses his knife to cut away fouled lines while hoisting a crewman from the life raft of the crab vessel Ethel May near the Willapa Bay Entrance off Washington Feb. 5, 2023. Coast Guard video image.

Search suspended for missing fisherman off Washington