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The F/V Emmy Rose heading into Gloucester harbor, just outside the breakwater and the Eastern Point Light. Oct 15, 2020. Photo by sternman Barnaby Prendergast on the lobster boat Josephine Samantha.

Fundraising effort for families of Emmy Rose crew

Kirk Moore

The Emmy Rose, an 82-foot groundfish trawler based in Portland, Maine, was lost at sea on Nov. 23, 2020. Rink Varian photo.

Four missing after Maine dragger sinks off Cape Cod

Kirk Moore

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute hosts its annual All Hands on Deck meetings this week virtually, complete with ASMI Zoom backgrounds.

Industry Updates: Year in review, looking ahead to 2021

Jessica Hathaway

Vineyard Wind plans to build its 800-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image — Vineyard Wind is building its 804-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image

BOEM pushes back final findings on Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

The WindServe Odyssey is a U.S. flag crew transfer vessel built in Rhode Island to serve offshore wind turbines. Ørsted rendering.

Offshore wind advocates confident BOEM will move projects forward

Kirk Moore

Hauling halibut over the side of the longline schooner Polaris. NF Cover December 1990

Flashback Friday — October 1990 — Halibut • Pollock • Squid • Lobster

Jessica Hathaway

A northern right whale with calf. NOAA photo.

Entangled right whale off New Jersey

Kirk Moore

The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. A collapse in restaurant supply demand as a result of coronavirus caused many boats to tie up in spring 2020. Fulfill photo. — The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Fulfill photo.

New Jersey puts out $11.2 million in covid-19 fishing aid

Kirk Moore

An offshore wind data buoy in Morro Bay off California. U.S. Department of Energy photo.

First offshore wind research buoys deployed off West Coast

Kirk Moore

Expert crewmen aboard the New Bedford dragger Ellen Marie prepare to dump their nets on deck while fishing on Georges Bank. The life of the New England deep-sea fisherman is depicted with great authenticity and feeling in a new book, “The Dragger,” with photos and text by William Finn. (NF Cover December 1970)

Flashback Friday — October 1970

Jessica Hathaway

The Maine Aqua Ventus pilot project would install a pair of 6-megawatt floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island. University of Maine rendering.

Federal grant for Maine offshore wind

Kirk Moore