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New England shrimp fishery to remain closed indefinitely

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A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

Navy to build $146.7 million NOAA marine operations center in Rhode Island

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MA lobster boats moored at a marina. Photo by Leon Bredella on Unsplash — MA lobster boats moored at marina. Photo by Leon Bredella on Unsplash

Representative Dylan Fernandes Grants Cape Fishermen $500,000 to Boost Local Fishing Industry

Carli Stewart

Friendship Boats built the Old Coot on a 44-foot Calvin Beal hull for a Providence, R.I., fisherman. Friendship Boats photo.

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All-composite materials for a new lobster boat, and a rebuild

Michael Crowley

Mainers wary of taking part in tests of ropeless lobster traps

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A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work

Kirk Moore

Ørsted installed the first 11-megawatt wind turbine of the South Fork Wind project Nov. 20 about 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y. Ørsted photo.

First South Fork Wind turbine rises east of Montauk; BOEM issues Empire Wind decision

Kirk Moore

On-demand (ropeless) lobster pot gear on the deck of a commercial fishing vessel. NEFSC photo.

Ropeless Buoy Technology Tested in New England

The Persistence and Relentless are two of the Seafreeze Ltd. trawler fleet. Seafreeze photo.

Lawyers for Rhode Island fishermen file Supreme Court brief

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Maine state officials report 2021 lobster landings value was close to $725 million – a 75 percent jump from 2020. MLMC photo.

Lobsterman dives in to save driver in submerged car

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The 77-foot stern trawler Susan Rose ashore at Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., with a tow line attached to attempt a recovery. The vessel was pulled off the beach but sank shortly after in the early morning hours of Nov. 19. Photography by Nicholas Marraro.

Rhode Island dragger grounds, sinks in New Jersey

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