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The installation vessel Orion began setting the first of 62 turbine towers for the Vineyard Wind energy project off southern Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind image.

Warning lights flash for flagship offshore wind projects

Kirk Moore

Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

Congress hears arguments on vessel speed limit to protect whales

Kirk Moore

Lobsters, and now oysters? Seafood Watch downgrades Chesapeake oysters

Chris Chase

Nantucket, MA: Mate Travis, Huey, Jake, Davey, Sal, and Capt Brad Lybarger, scalloping off the coast of Nantucket caught a 4’9’’ Atlantic halibut weighing in at 86 lbs!

Attention all commercial fishing crews, We want to see your 2023 Crew Shots!

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/cf65d3c2d7d3db07e5368ea7b84719f5.jpg — 38-foot deadrise Miss Heather sinking off the coast from VA. Photo courtesy of US Coast Guard.

Fishing Boat Sinks after Collision with Pilot Boat off Virginia Coast, Crew Successfully Rescued

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/4dd3e881a76f2ca54dca16a6062d585c.jpg — Blue crab courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Chesapeake crab survey shows promise

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/f1ebeffe1451660e032907ad3377756b.jpg — Blue catfish. Photo courtesy to NOAA Fisheries

Blue catfish endanger Chesapeake crabs, threaten other species

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/43e6221951591d79bbb4dc3ace86af92.jpg — Blue Crab. Photo courtesy NOAA Fisheries and Chesapeake Bay Program

Va. considering increasing spring, fall crab catch limits

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The great Atlantic bluefin saga

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/9235d0768a9de3b09abc73a749dc224f.png — Atlantic Menhadden. Courtesy- NOAA Fisheries

Suit charges Va. erred in setting Chesapeake menhaden quota

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/a783f68124d47d4457d739e0894404de.jpg — Photo by Bryant's Juarez

Md. fishermen upset by Army Corps' decision on dredging inlet

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