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View of the Mediterranean Sea — Photo by Artiom Vallat on Unsplash

Blue crabs, native to the Chesapeake, invading Italy

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define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

Court rejects allegations of N.C. shrimpers polluting waters

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/2e6a634dd6a87a10a36b3dff9fdfeba6.jpg — Photo by Brian Yurasits on Unsplash

Finding summer flounder in a changing ocean

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This 20' x 8' aluminum garvey-style skiff, called a skimmer boat, is used by Omega Protein and its fishing partners Ocean Harvesters to corral dead fish when there is a net tear. Larry Chowning photo.

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New fish spill cleanup boats on Chesapeake Bay

Larry Chowning

Wind developer Ørsted stands to benefit from federal tax credits redirected by New Jersey state legislators. Ørsted image.

New lawsuit challenges New Jersey shifting tax credits to Ørsted wind project

Kirk Moore

BOEM has outlined three final offshore wind energy acres potentially covering 557 square miles off Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. BOEM graphic.

BOEM outlines three Mid-Atlantic wind energy areas

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George Butler built Wayne Fisher's seine skiff in 2001. Larry Chowning photo.

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Skiffs ‘fill the bill’ for Chesapeake river fishermen

Larry Chowning

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/0a45fa69126d002d3094ec9065c1e903.jpg — Atlantic menhaden. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Va. anglers want menhaden seiners out of the Chesapeake

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Kenny Heath sits on the engine box of the Thomas Jaiden with 27 bushels of blue crabs caught crab potting in the Chesapeake Bay out of Cape Charles, Virginia. Jay Fleming photos

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Back to the bay: Waterman returns to fishing after accident

Larry Chowning

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/42183f06b583c8ce884ce2b0288215ea.jpg — Photo by Mark Stebnicki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bucket-of-gray-crabs-2252617/

Watermen find increase in Chesapeake crab limits conservative

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BOEM approves Ocean Wind 1 construction plan off New Jersey

Kirk Moore