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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

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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

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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

The New England Fishery Management Council welcomed a new 2025-26 ''year class" of officers and members this week at Gloucester, Mass. NEFMC photo.

New England council elects 2025-26 officers

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The Wanchese commercial fleet has been shrinking for years, but Mark Vrablic at Willie Etheridge Seafood believes that if Trump administration starts telling Americans about the value of domestic seafood it could strengthen US fisheries. Paul Molyneaux ph

Fighting for a fishing future

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Aboard his 43-foot tuna longliner, the Provider II, Marty Scanlon, president of the Blue Water Fishermen’s Association and past National Fisherman Highliner, talks about the challenges the East Coast tuna fleet faces. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Tuna meltdown

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Credit: Steve Fish / Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association

House Committee advances reauthorization of Young Fishermen’s Development Act

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The F/V Tangier Sound is the newest boat in Virginia's Ocean Harvesters fleet at Reedville, Va., built by Omega Shipyard Inc.. in Moss Point, Miss. Larry Chowning photo.

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Ocean Harvesters welcome new menhaden seiner

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US Wind proposes building 114 wind turbines on its lease in federal waters 10 miles east of Ocean City, Md. At right are traffic separation lanes for Delaware Bay. US Wind image.

Trump administration seeks to cancel Maryland wind permit

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Oysters to be used for restoration are grown at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory in Oxford, Md. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.

Maryland oysters a restoration success