A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued all nine men aboard the crab boat Arctic Sea on Monday, 12 hours after the 110-foot ...

The long-delayed commercial Dungeness crab season in the San Francisco Bay Area was expected to open by today. Still, due to ...

The retired trawler C. Ann was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of New Jersey. NJDEP photo.

There’s plenty of boatbuilding work going on at Wesmac Custom Boats in Surry, Maine. “We’ve got so many boats that we’re ...

The analysis evaluates 16 ocean indicators that describe conditions juvenile salmon encounter during their first months at ...

Currently, under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, fishermen affected by natural or manmade disasters like hurricanes or oil spills ...

The Maine-focused Commercial Fisheries News published its final edition in December 2025. Shutterstock photo.

Seafood aficionados appear to be largely unfazed by higher retail prices for Bristol Bay red king crab. Shutterstock photo. Retail prices of Bristol Bay red king crab are up about 25%, selling for ...

The Coast Guard will maintain helicopter operations based at Newport, Ore., for the duration of the 2025 Dungeness crab fishing season, Adm. Kevin Lunday told Oregon senators Dec. 12. Coast Guard ...

Monique Coombs is the Director of Community Programs for the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association, where she leads the Fishermen Wellness and Working Waterfront programs. With nearly 20 years of ...

Commercial fishermen are industrial athletes, and winter can change the rules of the game. Cold exposure, wet environments, ...