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The Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City would send power ashore through cables to the. former BL England coal generation plant (lower left) and north to the former Oyster Creek nuclear generating station. Ørsted image.

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 NMFS Greater Atlantic regional office is ending the use of traditional paper logbooks in favor of electronic catch reports in fall 2021. NMFS image.

NMFS switching Northeast fishermen to electronic reporting; new policy to reimburse electronic monitoring

NF Staff

NOAA scientist Noelle Yochum (left) helps fisherman Lauti Tuipala set a net with an experimental salmon excluder on the F/V Pacific Explorer. Katherine Hellen-Schneider photo.

Bye-bye bycatch: Net design and electronics help fishermen keep their catch clean

Paul Molyneaux

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

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management's supplemental environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project considered the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance's proposal for four nautical-mile-wide vessel transit lanes. BOEM image.

BOEM resumes final environmental review for Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

BOEM is reviewing a draft environmental impact statement on plans by offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource to build up to 15 turbines for the South Fork Wind Farm. BOEM image.

Traffic lane, habitat alternatives for South Fork offshore wind project

Kirk Moore

Alaskan Defender Catcher Processor Alaska Pollock Global Seas Photo — Pollock catcher-processor Alaskan Defender. Global Seas Photo

Alaska fisheries: pollock and crab rule the winter

Laine Welch

Vineyard Wind 1 (dark blue at center) is 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

Sediment plumes trail from the Thanet offshore wind turbine array in the North Sea in June 2015. NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen.

Offshore wind turbines could affect Mid-Atlantic ‘cold pool,’ study shows

Kirk Moore

Bob Dooley (left) and his late brother and lifelong business partner, John, with the Pacific Prince, one of many boats they owned together. Vito Vanoni photo

Ask a Highliner: Bob Dooley talks fishing, bycatch reduction, safety and more

Jessica Hathaway