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Omega Protein purse boat hauling in menhaden. Larry Chowning photo. --

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Proposed menhaden ban blocked in Virginia legislature

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20 years of oysters: Lucky break helps put Rappahannock Oyster Co. on the map.

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Coastal congressmen call for halt to wind surveys

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Lawmakers say a Virginia blue catfish industry could help protect Chesapeake

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Fishing vessels tied up at New Bedford, Mass. Doug Stewart photo.

New NMFS survey of commercial fishing expenses

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Investigators conducted a Jan. 15 necropsy on a humpback whale that washed ashore at Brigantine, N.J. Preliminary findings showed the whale was struck by a vessel, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. MMSC photo.

Federal regulators see no tie between whale deaths and offshore wind development

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A dead juvenile humpback whale washed up at Brigantine, N.J., Jan. 12, 2023. Marine Mammal Stranding Center photo.

Whale incidents raise pressure on offshore wind advocates

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An Omega Protein purse seine crew fishing for menhaden in Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia imposing new limits on menhaden fleet

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This outboard profile is of a 64' x 20" steel hull oyster boat being built by Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co. LLC of Leesburg, N. J. Courtesy of Delaware Bay Shipbuilding.

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New oyster boat on the way for Delaware Bay

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A team from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center examined a dead 30-foot juvenile humpback whale that washed up at Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 7. Atlantic City Police Department photo.

Offshore wind critics call for investigation of New Jersey whale strandings

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The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward Sunday, April 17, in the Chesapeake Bay. George Mason University photo.

Ever Forward ship owners to pay $676,200 for Chesapeake oyster bar restoration

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