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This 21' x 8' New England built skiff is used in the Chesapeake Bay oyster fishery. It is getting a new fiberglass bottom at Jennings Boatyard Inc. in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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New England boats as 'icebreakers' in Chesapeake oyster fishery

Larry Chowning

A bill was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in January that calls for the state to leave the Atlantic Marine Fisheries Commission Compact and to instead create a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to assist the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in managing the fishery. Larry Chowning photo.

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Bill calls for Virginia to leave ASMFC

Larry Chowning

Judge strikes down Trump ban on new wind power approvals

Kirk Moore

Menhaden Fisheries Coalition analysis finds widely repeated claims “simply not supported by the record”. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Scientists did not recommend a 54 percent cut to the menhaden TAC

Carli Clancy

This photo of the Nellie Crockett was taken in 1984 when she was owned by James Ward of Deltaville, Va. and was being used to plant seed oysters. Larry Chowning photo.

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Happy 100th to the buyboats

Larry Chowning

2025 NF Highliner, Brick Wenzel. Photo courtesy of Richard Skelly

A lifetime of fishing, advocacy, and feeding the community: Brick Wenzel

Carli Clancy

Blueline tilefish. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Blueline tilefish fishery closes early as landings hit the limit

NF Staff

Crab pots collected from North Carolina’s inland waters. Photo courtesy of N.C. Coastal Federation

NC lost gear recovery effort pulls more than 2000 pots

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Workers using water cannons blow empty shells onto an oyster reef restoration site on New Jersey's Mullica River. NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife photo.

New Jersey, Sysco to expand oyster shell recycling

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Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Mid-Atlantic watermen urge balance on striped bass cuts

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The C. ANN, a 55-foot former steel commercial fishing boat is the newest addition to the Manasquan Inlet Reef site. Photo courtesy of NJDEP

Commercial fishing vessel becomes new reef habitat

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