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Fishing vessels in slips at a Portland, Maine, dock. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Cooler waters ahead for Gulf of Maine

Captain Brandon Barfield’s fishing vessel New Beginning is based out of Panama City, Fla. Pcbfishingcharter.com photo/via NOAA Fisheries Office of Lasw Enforcement.

Florida fisherman convicted of poisoning, shooting dolphins

2017 0125 AtlanticCod groundfish — Atlantic cod. NOAA photo.

Commerce rejects New England council’s cod amendment

Photo courtesy of the What's Going On in Rhode Island Facebook page

Injured Rhode Island lobsterman sues state over wharf collapse

The 2022 Chesapeake Bay blue crab dredge survey showed an historic low for crabs in the bay. Results from the annual winter survey now show 2025 will have the second lowest population estimate. Larry Chowning photo.

Survey shows Chesapeake crab population second lowest since 1990

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle interdict a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 22, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Edward Wargo

Coast Guard detains 4 for fishing illegally off Texas coast

Striped bass, also known as rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay region. Joan Smedinghoff photo/Chesapeake Bay Program.

Charter fishing captains sue to overturn striped bass regulations

President Donald Trump and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ, speak at a May 2024 campaign rally at Wildwood, N.J., where Trump promised “we are going to make sure that (offshore wind project development) ends on day one." Real America's Voice video image.

Offshore wind opponents reel from Trump turnaround

A federal jury has convicted a commercial fisherman on charges of falsifying catch records and lying to investigators. Shutterstock photo.

South Carolina fisherman found guilty for falsifying catch numbers

The Empire Wind project is planned for two phases, totaling a potential 2.76 gigawatts production, with power export cables to New York City and Long Island. BOEM graphic.

Equinor to resume work at Empire Wind