Clams

The Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project would be built in two phases totaling 1,510 megawatts of potential energy. Atlantic Shores graphic.

Atlantic Shores Wind scoping evokes Hurricane Sandy trauma

Kirk Moore

Taylor Shellfish Co. oyster nursery on Oakland Bay, Wash. Jessica Hathaway photo

In hot water: Heat dome recovery looks bleak for small-scale shellfish farms

Brian Hagenbuch

BOEM is considering calls to change plans for New York Bight wind energy areas, including vessel transit lanes (blue corridors) and a buffer zone for the Hudson Canyon scallop access area (blue area). BOEM graphic.

Offshore wind plans court disaster, fishermen warn

Kirk Moore

A surf clam vessel offloading its catch in New Jersey. NOAA Fisheries photo/Peter Plantamura.

Empire Wind plans power delivery to New York in 2025

Kirk Moore

The Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City would send power ashore through two export cables, to the now-closed BL England coal generation plant in Cape May County and north to the former Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in Ocean County. Ørsted

Ocean Wind project worries New Jersey beach resorts, fishing industry

Kirk Moore

BOEM withdrew plans for offshore wind energy areas Fairways North and Fairways South (at top) off the South Shore of Long Island. BOEM image.

BOEM pulls two areas from New York Bight wind planning

Kirk Moore

The 14-megawatt GE Haliade X turbine is becoming favored by U.S. offshore wind developers, including Ørsted which plans to work with GE building nacelles in New Jersey. GE image.

BOEM finalizes environmental statement on Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

Wolfgang Rain is chief coordinating officer for Sea Risk Solutions LLC. US Wind photo.

US Wind, Sea Risk Solutions to work on Delmarva fishermen outreach

NF Staff

Surf clams are shifting their range in response to changing ocean bottom temperatures. NOAA photo

Atlantic surf clams: With restaurant sales down, processors focus on retail

Caroline Losneck

Vineyard Wind 1 (dark blue at center) would be the first offshore wind energy project among several planned on federal leases south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. BOEM image.

Top New York energy official to lead BOEM; agency resumes Vineyard Wind review

Kirk Moore

Alaska scallopers manage with covid quarantines, but clams stay in the sand

Charlie Ess