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Commercial fishing group calls proposed cut “unscientific and absurd." Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fishermen push back on proposed 55 percent cut to menhaden quota

Carli Stewart

Horseshoe crabs come ashore by the thousands to breed in spring at Mispillion Harbor, Del., and other Delaware Bay beaches. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Gregory Breese photo.

NY fishermen say horseshoe crab management is working

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Alternative fishing gear. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries / Megan Amico

Council delays decisions on alternative fishing gear

NF Staff

Artist’s impression of an offshore substation platform for the Empire Wind offshore wind project. Equinor image.

Trump administration says it will reconsider Empire Wind 2 permit

NF Staff

Atlantic makerel. Photo courtesy of Maine Coast Fishermen's Association

Atlantic mackerel quotas slashed as 2026 catch cuts issued

Chris Chase

Photo courtesy of daybydayphotography/ Shutterstock

Worms could help save Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs

Carli Stewart

Hampton, Virginia. Photo by Kyle J Little / Shutterstock

Virginia fishery resource grant program now accepting applicants

Carli Stewart

Gregory Brooks has been shrimping in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound for 30 years. With his uncle, Tommy Brooks, on this mid-August day, they land 2,200 pounds of brown and white shrimp after less than 24 hours fishing. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Storm warnings for Carolina shrimpers

Paul Molyneaux

Crew members working Ocean Harvesters purse boats earn $70,000 for seven months plus benefits. At a Sept. 15 press conference the company introduced the new $9 million fish steamer Tangier Sound to show what the company gives back to the community. Larry

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Ocean Harvesters fight to keep fishing

Larry Chowning

The Atlantic Shores offshore wind project would build up to 197 turbines off Long Beach Island, N.J. BOEM graphic.

Trump administration moves to scrap Atlantic Shores wind project approvals

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The R/V Virginia, the primary research vessel for the Chesapeake Bay Multispecies Monitoring and Assessment Program. Matthew Farnham photo/VIMS.

Chesapeake Bay study shows biodiversity key to stable fisheries