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A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

NOAA groundbreaking for Rhode Island marine operations center

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Scallops harvested on a 2019 trip in Nantucket Lightship South conducted under the NMFS Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program. Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences photo.

Scallop Research Set-Aside projects for 2024

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Striped bass. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Commission eyeing catch-and-release striper deaths

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This 1980s photo of the skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark was taken at Knapps Narrows on Tilghman Island, Md. Larry Chowning photo.

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New lease on life for historic skipjack

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The DEME Marine installation vessel Orion is contracted to install foundations for 176 turbines on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. DEME image.

Dominion Energy raising concerns among many groups

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Farmed-raised and wild seafood thriving in Virginia

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Invasive blue catfish are competing for habitat with seven commercially important Chesapeake Bay species, say Maryland state officials. NOAA photo.

Despite commercial landings, blue catfish on rise in Md.

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Fresh oysters in a pile. Photo by Ben Stern on Unsplash

VA. celebrates oyster restoration milestone

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Photo by The Marksman on Unsplash

Coast Guard examiner a true believer in safety

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Menhaden fish are creating a stir in Virginia. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia regulators deny call for menhaden purse seine moratorium

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New York State cancelled provisional power agreements tiehr three offshore wind developers, shown here as areas in red, yellow and light blue. BOEM graphic.

New York cancels three offshore wind contracts

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