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BOEM issued the State of Maine a nearly 15,000-acre lease 28 nautical miles offshore that could allow deployment of up to 12 floating offshore wind turbines, rated for up to 144 megawatts. BOEM image.

BOEM grants Maine offshore wind research lease

After a mechanical failure Aug. 17, Cape May County, N.J. officials kept the Middle Thorofare drawbridge locked open to permit continued fishing boat access to the Port of Cape May/Wildwood. Lund's Fisheries photo.

Cape May keeps drawbridge open for fishing traffic

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Ørsted delays Revolution Wind, reports losses

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter on the ramp at Air Station Houston, where search and rescue missions were launched after Hurricane Beryl. Coast Guard photo/PO2 Jessica Fontenette.

Coast Guard Foundation activates disaster relief after Beryl, Debby, Alaska floods

Turbine components for the Vineyard Wind project departing New Bedford, Mass., on the Foss Maritime barge Marmac in September 2023. Vineyard Wind photo.

Vineyard Wind allowed to resume limited construction

Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova released a plan for removing the remainder of a turbine blade that failed July 13, and inspection and testing of blades on installed turbines. Nantucket Harbormaster photo.

‘Controlled detachment’ drops more of Vineyard Wind turbine blade

The 2023 dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is almost 2 million acres of habitat, potentially harmful to marine species. Photo by NOAA

Dead zone measures as big as Yellowstone

The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund will fund 14 new and continuing projects across the West Coast and Alaska. Photo by Shutterstock

Funding announced for 14 salmon recovery projects

The commercial harvest for red snapper in the South Atlantic federal waters will close on August 6, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. Photo by lensaraja on Shutterstock.

South Atlantic federal closure of red snapper 2024

2023 Pacific Marine Expo. Photos by Britton Spark (@couchchronicles)

2024 Pacific Marine Expo registration now live!