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The House passed H.R. 9436, which would extend the current right whale regulatory pause for lobster and Jonah crab fisheries through 2035. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

House passes bill extending right whale regulatory pause

Carli Clancy

Protesters in small craft are trying to prevent Ocean Harvesters menhaden vessels from fishing. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

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Protesters harass menhaden fishermen

Larry Chowning

Fishing groups are urging House passage of H.R. 9436, which would extend the current right whale regulatory pause through 2035. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

House to take up bill extending right whale regulatory pause to 2035

Carli Clancy

Calcasieu Pass was recently sunk to make a reef for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Photo courtesy Larry Chowning

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Retiring of Calcasieu Pass brings opportunity for a menhaden bait fisherman

Larry Chowning

The Virginia RFI area covers about 2,764 square miles of the Outer Continental Shelf, three to 63.5 miles off the Delmarva Peninsula. BOEM image.

Comment period closes on proposed Virginia offshore mineral lease

Ben Hayden

The Calcasieu Pass was scuttled roughly 26 miles off Indian River Inlet. Delaware DNREC photo.

Retired fishing vessel sunk as artificial reef off Delaware

NF Staff

Commercial fishermen Jim and Katie Dawson of Chincoteague, Va., are raising concerns about a proposed seabed mining project off Virginia’s coast. Photo courtesy of the Dawsons

Opinion: Seabed mining would strip mine fishermens’ future

Guest Author

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

Commission could revisit how menhaden quota is divided among states

NF Staff

Nelson's Railway's downstairs shop and upstairs living quarters caught fire in February 2026, but commercial fishing boats have continued to be hauled regularly. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

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Fire at Nelson’s Railway does not stop hauls

Larry Chowning

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Cooke, Omega Protein and Ocean Harvesters. Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

Court upholds dismissal of False Claims Act suit

Carli Clancy

The ASMFC has advanced its Atlantic menhaden draft addendum for public comment, beginning the next phase of discussion over potential management changes in the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery. Photo courtesy of Larry Chowning

ASMFC advances Atlantic menhaden proposal

NF Staff