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The Fish Workers Mural on the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce building is among public arts works that pay homage to Gloucester’s fishing heritage. Caroline Losneck photo.

In Gloucester, fishing traditions inform art, culture, and tourism

Caroline Losneck

A lobsterman unloads in Gloucester harbor in July 2023. Caroline Losneck photo.

Four centuries and surviving

Caroline Losneck

NOAA Fisheries outlined a 'Habitat Area of Particular Concern' in and around offshore wind lease areas off southern New England, including Cox Ledge, that would designate cod spawning ground. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.

NOAA could designate cod habitat around Cox Ledge, wind power sites

Kirk Moore

The New England Fishery Management Council elected chair Eric Reid, left, and vice chair Rick Bellavance, returning the two Rhode Islanders for the third year in a row. NEFMC photo.

New England council elects chair, seats new member Jackie Odell

NF Staff

Five generations and counting, Frank Sr., Frank Jr., and Frank III together in Rockland, Maine. Frank Sr. was at his desk at the O’Hara Corporation’s Rockland headquarters until age 81. O’Hara Corp. photo.

Remembering Frank J. O’Hara

Paul Molyneaux

Group decries power of regional councils

NF Aggregator

In spring 2023 Blue Harvest Fisheries of New Bedford, Mass., said it planned to build two new groundfish vessels, similar to its 90-foot flagship Nobska built in 2019. Blue Harvest photo.

Blue Harvest files for bankruptcy, appears headed for liquidation

NF Staff

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.

BOEM completes environmental review for Empire Wind; developers seek 54 percent more money for NY power

Kirk Moore

Da Yang Seafood's processing plant on Pier 2 in Astoria, Ore. Port of Astoria photo.

Oregon seafood processors, fishermen protest state wastewater permit

NF Staff

2023 NF Highliner, Maggie Raymond. Maggie is a retired commercial groundfisherman in the Gulf of Maine.

2023 Highliners at a glance: Maggie Raymond

NF Staff

The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Advisory Board resigns en masse

Kirk Moore