National Fisherman

Mid-Atlantic

Sparrows Point Container Terminal Project partners with Oyster Recovery Partnership to remove derelict fishing gear from Upper Chesapeake Bay. Photo courtesy of Oyster Recovery Partnership

Ghost gear sweep puts 40 watermen to work on the Chesapeake

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Shoreline Freezers announced a major expansion of its Bridgeton, N.J. facility. The project will add 128,000 square feet of new temperature-controlled warehouse space. Shoreline Freezers photo.

Shoreline Freezers expands NJ warehouse

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A large wild Atlantic bluefin tuna fish hangs from a pulley on a seafood market wharf. Shutterstock photo.

Archival data expands known bluefin tuna spawning areas

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School of menhaden in a harbor. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Menhaden coalition pushes back on claims tied to Mid-Atlantic fish wash-up

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The battle over Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery to fish has, for the time being, been stalled in the state's general assembly with all bills introduced to regulate or prohibit the fishery being killed or tabled in committees. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Last 2026 General Assembly bill to regulate Virginia menhaden fishery stalls

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Right whales on the surface between Hudson and Block Canyons 40 to 70 miles south of Long Island, N.Y., photographed by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey. New England Aquarium photo/NMFS permit # 25739.

NOAA may modify vessel speed limits for right whales

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These Reedville, Va., menhaden steamers await the outcome of the ongoing debate of how much menhaden fishing will be allowed in 2026 on Virginia waters. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Virginia will remain in ASMFC as bill to withdraw was continued to 2027

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Two bills in the Virginia General Assembly to regulate the state's menhaden reduction fishery have been killed in committees, while one that requires fisheries observers on boats and more control of harvest levels moves forward. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Two bills related to Virginia's menhaden stall in committee, one moves forward

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Oyster dredging. Photo by William Whaley/Maryland DNR photo contest.

In a hard winter, Maryland extends oyster season two weeks

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Pile of menhaden. Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program

Virginia law already requires pause on Bay menhaden harvest, groups argue

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A Senate proposed bill for Virginia to withdraw from the ASMFC in support of the state's reduction menhaden fishery could be costly to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

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Virginia Bill to remove state from ASMFC could be costly to VMRC

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