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Chesapeake Bay crab potters are catching their limit of 27-bushels in the bay this spring. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay crab numbers jump after winter dredge survey

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Chris Johnson, aboard the 35-foot Reel Easy, has just hooked up with a bluefin in the Gulf of Maine. He is using a Trident 80-130, and the Alutecnos 130 2-speed reel. Reel Easy photo.

Going Big for Bluefin: Top-Notch Rod and Reel Key to Success

Paul Molyneaux

The lifting operation began carefully May 12 as the Rebecca T. Ruark was hauled out to repair damage inflicted by a pickup truck driven over a dock bulkhead in December 2022. Photo courtesy of Wade Murphy III.

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Historic Chesapeake Bay skipjack, hit by a truck, is under repair

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Studies of ocean quahog sites off the coast of Long Island, New Jersey, and Georges Bank found there was nearly continuous recruitment to the clam population over the last 150 years or more. Science Center for Marine Fisheries photo.

Studies reveal new data on ocean quahog population dynamics

This 27’ x 10’ garvey is going to Scotty George of Lancaster County, Va., to fish gill-nets in the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

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Garveys and more garveys

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Corals and octopus in the Hudson Canyon. NOAA photo.

NOAA announces advisors for proposed Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary

The Atlantic Shores offshore wind project would build up to 200 turbines, rated at a maximum 1,510 megawatts, off Long Beach Island, N.J. BOEM graphic.

BOEM analysis considers fish habitat, visual mitigation for Atlantic Shores wind project

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/6331427a1a04b9ec69d4d0228259910f.jpg — Photo by Hugo Magalhaes

Lawsuit: Virginia wrong to raise menhaden quota

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A dead humpback whale is removed from the beach at Manasquan, N.J., before a Feb. 14 necropsy at the Monmouth County Landfill. Michael McKenna/Marine Mammal Stranding Center photo.

Poll finds whale strandings drive down New Jersey support for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/82be8e89026ed286bf2d9aeeb9241f57.png — Striped Bass. NOAA Fisheries photo

Virtual public hearings set on new striped bass size limit

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/9007a9448439b3f6358fb3a2a7bfd0ca.jpg — Menhaden. Graphic by NOAA Fisheries

New menhaden boats christened in Virginia

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