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Juvenile sea scallops obtained from Pine Point Oyster Company in Maine were used in the ocean acidification exposure study. Dvora Hart/NOAA Fisheries photo.

Ocean acidification, warming will slow sea scallop growth, study says

Meghan Lapp, fisheries liaison with Seafreeze Ltd., testified March 16 in Wildwood, N.J., about the effects of offshore wind energy plans on commercial fishing, along with Daniel LaVecchia, president of LaMonica Fine Foods (left). Kirk Moore photo.

House GOP plans offshore wind hearings in Washington

Kirk Moore

Bill Keeling, above, built his first deadrise workboat in 1976. At age 77, he has started a new 42-footer at his boat shop in Mathews County, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia boatbuilder, 77 years young, at work on new deadrise

Larry Chowning

Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

East Coast congressmen seek NOAA response on scientists’ offshore wind advice

Kirk Moore

Connecting the commercial fishing community: Advisory board announced for Pacific Marine Expo 2023

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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023, apparently the victim of a ship strike. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

Vessels blew through slow zones before Virginia right whale death, Oceana says

Kirk Moore

https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-whale-tail-surfaces-above-water-464376/ — Photo by Francesco Ungaro

Vessel strike fatal for right whale

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/e5ad9afd31ec9cb6345abcb41c481391.jpg — Photo by Mark Stebnicki

Md., Va. stick with tighter crab limits amid population concerns

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