National Fisherman

Northeast

Sargent’s Custom Boats built the Miss Lindsay, a 33-foot fiberglass lobster boat. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.

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Two new lobster boats from Maine custom builder

Michael Crowley

The Fish Workers Mural on the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce building is among public arts works that pay homage to Gloucester’s fishing heritage. Caroline Losneck photo.

In Gloucester, fishing traditions inform art, culture, and tourism

Caroline Losneck

Ocean quahogs, among the longest-lived of marine species, are showing evidence of radically changing growth rates from warming ocean waters. SCEMFIS photo.

Ocean quahog growth rates ‘radically altered’ by climate change, studies find

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Two U.S. Coast Guard vessels sit in port in Boston Harbor across from the USCG station in Boston, Mass. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images/File/Fox News)

Massachusetts commercial fishermen rescue man-overboard victim

Carli Stewart

A lobsterman unloads in Gloucester harbor in July 2023. Caroline Losneck photo.

Four centuries and surviving

Caroline Losneck

Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash

Mass. group appeals Vineyard Wind decision

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Photo by Keith Luke on Unsplash

$82m right whale study grant hopeful sign for lobstermen

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NOAA Fisheries outlined a 'Habitat Area of Particular Concern' in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England, including Cox Ledge, that would designate cod spawning ground. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.

NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

Kirk Moore

The New England Fishery Management Council elected chair Eric Reid, left, and vice chair Rick Bellavance, returning the two Rhode Islanders for the third year in a row. NEFMC photo.

New England council elects chair, seats new member Jackie Odell

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Happy National Lobster Day graphic — Graphic by the MLMC for National Lobster Day

Maine celebrates National Lobster Day

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Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

Paul Molyneaux