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Spiny lobster. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo/Dan Ellinor.

Gulf lobster: Post-covid, hope for ‘normal season with good pricing’

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

Maine compromise prohibits new offshore wind development in state waters

Kirk Moore

Blue Eyed Girl was a force to reckoned with at the Boothbay and Rockland races. Jon Johansen photo

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Maine’s Lobster Capital hosts boat races this weekend

Michael Crowley

The final rule establishes coral protection areas around Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.

Northeast coral protection rule finalized

Kirk Moore

President Biden is considering whether to reverse the Trump administration executive order on fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.

Biden administration may reinstate Northeast marine monument restrictions

Kirk Moore

A lobster dock at Point Judith, R.I. Rhode Island was among states that issued emergency permits enabling fishermen to sell directly to the public after the covid-19 pandemic shut down their usual markets. Sarah Smith/Rutgers University photo.

Going viral can be a nightmare: Here’s one way to handle it

Jessica Hathaway

Cape Cod lobster diver Michael Packard was momentarily swallowed by a foraging humpback whale June 11, 2021. Michael Packard photo via Provincetown Community Space/Facebook.

Cape Cod lobster diver’s Jonah moment

Kirk Moore

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Fishermen provide scouting, monitoring for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

The Copper Crown: The first king salmon landed in Alaska’s Copper River opener gets a first-class ticket to Seattle on Alaska Air’s Salmon Forty Salmon to celebrate the official start of Alaska’s salmon fishing season. Seattle is a major hub for Alaska seafood as it gets channeled through the Lower 48 and overseas. OBI Seafoods photo

Salmon overtakes lobster as highest value catch

Jessica Hathaway

Massachusetts state fisheries officials extended restrictions on trap fishing through May 15 to reduce chances of entanglements with endangered right whales. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries image.

Northern right whales massed near Cape Cod

Kirk Moore

Fishermen and supporters gathered in Maine’s capital of Augusta on Wednesday, April 28, to oppose offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine. Monique Coombs photo

Mainers rally to oppose offshore wind development

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