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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open in Central California on Jan 5., 2026. CDFW 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 ...