A pair of young fishermen aboard the scallop vessel F/V Freedom out of New Bedford choose the Showa 477 gloves for comfort ...

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could reduce the number of scallops harvested this season. Less data about the health of the fishery forces lower limits on harvesting.

Tim Jemison of Jemison Marine Inc. will pull off a boatbuilding “hat trick” next month as the Bayou La Batre, Ala., builder ...

The New England Fishery Management Council develops each season's regulations, which NOAA then approves. Spokesman Alex Dunn ...

The search for at least three people who went missing after an 18-foot boat capsized in Jacksonville, Florida, killing one person, was suspended Saturday night. The Jacksonville Fire Rescue ...

Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors seeking to convert to new, lower-carbon emission systems say ...

With funding cuts, the program could come to a halt. (AP Video: Robert F. Bukaty) A scallop fishing boat leaves the dock, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Yarmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Jody ...

Eric Hansen is a former captain who owns two scallop boats that fish out of New Bedford. (Ben Berke/The Public’s Radio) “I fished back in the ‘80s, when there was very little regulation and ...

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On a recent Wednesday, many crews on New Bedford’s fishing piers were doing gear work for their next trip, as Eric Hansen repaired the cabinets in the galley of The Intrepid, one of his two scallop ...