Sea trials are set for mid-January on a vintage Southeast Alaska fishing vessel being equipped with a hybrid engine that will ...

Black sea bass, once considered primarily a mid-Atlantic species, has become increasingly common in Massachusetts waters over ...

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued all nine men aboard the crab boat Arctic Sea on Monday, seven 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.

Linda Greenlaw’s 41-foot, cedar planked over oak frames and silicon-bronze fastened, 41-foot lobster boat Ernest hauled out at Wesmac Custom Boats prior to being refastened. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.

Pacific Marine Expo is the largest commercial marine trade show on the West Coast, serving commercial mariners from Alaska to California. Held each year at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in ...

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 ...