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

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 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.

Santa wishes you a Merry Fishmas: Amanda Parks, Spencer Montgomery, Karl Day, and Capt. Tim Rider on the Finlander in the Gulf of Maine. New England Fishmongers photo Local and domestic sources of ...

Timothy Petty has been approved as the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the top position ...

The Anchorage online seafood retailer FishEx has cut prices at its online store from $4 to $20 a pound on selections ...

The C. ANN, a 55-foot former steel commercial fishing boat is the newest addition to the Manasquan Inlet Reef site. Photo courtesy of NJDEP Earlier this month, the New Jersey Department of ...