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File photo: The Coast Guard unloads approximately 300 pounds of red snapper from a lancha caught fishing illegally in U.S. federal waters in June 2025. Coast Guard photo.

Mexican fishermen caught fishing illegally off Texas coast

Aaron Williams. Photo courtesy of NEFSA

New leadership announced for NEFSA

The Atlantic Shores offshore wind project would build up to 197 turbines off Long Beach Island, N.J. BOEM graphic.

Trump administration moves to scrap Atlantic Shores wind project approvals

The New England Fishery Management Council welcomed a new 2025-26 ''year class" of officers and members this week at Gloucester, Mass. NEFMC photo.

New England council elects 2025-26 officers

Members of the Aids to Navigation Team, Cape May, N.J., re-establish navigational aids in Little Egg Inlet, N.J., in 2018. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard reopens public comment on Northeast Aids to Navigation removals

The Revolution Wind project, a 704-megawatt turbine array about 15 miles south of Rhode Island, was allowed to resume construction with a preliminary injunction issued Sept. 22. Ørsted photo.

Revolution Wind cleared to restart work

If it’s ever built on its 127,388-acre lease in federal waters, SouthCoast Wind could generate up to 2,400 megawatts from 141 turbines and five transmission substations. BOEM graphic.

Trump administration seeks to revoke SouthCoast Wind approval

Trained responders use a grapple to grab an entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale in Northeast waters. Center for Coastal Studies photo/NOAA Permit # 24359.

Whale entanglements were up sharply in 2024, NOAA says

Credit: Steve Fish / Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association

House Committee advances reauthorization of Young Fishermen’s Development Act

Ship fleet prepped at Port Fouchon, Louisiana, for the upcoming season. Doug Stewart Photo

Steep decline in landings show imports’ impact, US shrimpers say