National Fisherman Highliners 2025, Top left: Robert (Bob) Alverson; bottom left: Erik Velsko; center: Dustin Delano; top ...

Sometimes less is more is the mantra embraced by Erik Velsko of Homer, Alaska, intent on building his reputation for the ...

Alverson, who grew up in the Seattle area, spent a summer washing pots and pans and feeding over 100 fishermen at Columbia ...

Between 2019 and 2021, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s bottom trawl survey estimated that roughly ...

Pacific Marine Expo, fondly known as “Expo” by those who have been attending for decades, is more than just a trade show. For ...

During its Nov. 5 meeting in Morehead City, the coalition- which was formed earlier this year by coastal county lawmakers- ...

The 130-foot crabber Karie Marie, out of Seattle, Wash., was also tied up dockside at Hansen’s after finishing the Bering Sea ...

A young humpback whale beached on the central Oregon coast and entangled in old Dungeness crab fishing gear was euthanized on ...

Shell hardness remains another hurdle. As of early November, 64.5 percent of crab tested in Long Beach and 61.5 percent in ...

While fishermen in Newport, Ore., have access to several buyers, harvesters who want to focus on quality generally work with ...

Fishing dock improvements and expanding haul-out capacity at the will be financed with $1 million in federal support through ...

Now, all that progress is at risk. The federal freeze on new offshore wind leasing and permitting has left projects canceled ...