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The Fulton Fish Market is the largest seafood market in the U.S., moving more than 5 million pounds of fish weekly and employing some 1,500 workers at its Bronx, N.Y. location. Blue Trace photo.

Fulton Fish Market joins lawsuit against Empire Wind

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Empire Wind, a 810-megawatt turbine array under construction off New York, was allowed to proceed in mid-May by the Trump administration. But project opponents continue to apply political pressure. Equinor rendering.

Trump moves to restrict wind power tax credits

Kirk Moore

Amendment 25 would replace the current Atlantic cod stocks with newly identified cod stocks in Eastern Gulf of Maine, Western Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Southern New England. NEFMC graphic.

New England council tries again on Northeast groundfish plan

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Senate budget vote set mixed prospects for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

Proposed NC shrimp trawl ban defeated

Kirk Moore

Former NMFS biologist Joe Smith’s encyclopedic book, Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery, is rich with information and likely to become required reading for fishery science students. Palmetto Publishing image.

Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two-Year Journey with the Fish and Fishery

Paul Molyneaux

The Cameron and Connor, a vessel owned by Miss Gina’s Fresh Shrimp in Beaufort, N.C. is among small inshore shrimp trawlers that fish Pamlico Sound. Miss Gina's Fresh Shrimp photo.

Carolina shrimp trawl ban

Paul Molyneaux

Evans Boat Construction and Repair of Crisfield, Md., have just introduced this Evans 25 scow for mid-Atlantic inshore fishermen. Photo courtesy of Evans Boat Construction and Repair.

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Evans Boat Construction revives fiberglass scow

Larry Chowning

The Thialf, a 661’x290’ semi-submersible crane vessel, operated by Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors under the Panamanian flag, is to install turbine towers on the Equinor lease. Heerema photo.

Opponents seek injunction to halt Empire Wind

Kirk Moore

The wooden deadrise Rainbow Chaser, owned by Shannon Gay of Rescue, Va., can be seen here edging out the fiberglass Thomas Jaiden, owned by Captain Kenny Heath of Cape Charles, Va. at the Yorktown Battle of the Boats on Sunday, June 1. At the event, the Governor of Virginia named the month of June 2025 as Chesapeake Bay Deadrise Month. Photo by Larry Chowning.

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Virginia governor honors the Chesapeake Bay deadrise

Larry Chowning

The Thialf, a 661’x290’ semi-submersible crane vessel, operated by Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors under the Panamanian flag, is underway to install turbine towers on the Equinor lease. Heerema photo.

Empire Wind opponents sue Trump administration, Equinor to stop work again

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