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New Jersey governor signs offshore drilling ban
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took a stand against the Trump administration’s efforts to keep offshore drilling options open along the East Coast last week, signing a bill into law that will ban drilling in state waters.
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Chesapeake oysters get seed money; Maryland gov. allocates $750,000
On Thursday, March 22, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a supplemental budget for 2019 that…
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Update: Search called off for missing fishermen in New Jersey
Late Friday night, Feb. 9, the Coast Guard called off the search for two fishermen missing…
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Two still missing off Barnegat Light, N.J.
Just after 1 a.m. on Thursday, Paul Matos and Dennis Smalling managed to get out…
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N.C. crabbers say catches have been mediocre at best
North Carolina’s hard blue crab landings for the first half of 2017 were 8.09 million pounds, down slightly from the 8.34 million pounds landed for the same period in 2016.
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Former La. shrimper reimagined as NJ’s Swaggy B
A former Gulf of Mexico shrimp boat is reborn as Swaggy B and fitted for Mid-Atlantic scallop and mixed trawl fisheries.
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NMFS administrator John Bullard announces January retirement
NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator John Bullard recently announced that he will be retiring on Jan. 5, 2018.
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Fishermen disagree with bleak fluke stock assessment
Regional and state fishery managers say the overall trend of fluke stock is not looking good, but fishermen are disagreeing with the stock assessments.
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Chesapeake sanctuary another potential threat to fishing rights
Potomac River commercial fishermen are concerned over efforts to establish a protected sanctuary in the middle of prime fishing grounds on Mallows Bay.
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Federal judge stalls fishermen’s challenge to NY offshore wind project
A federal judge has denied a bid by commercial fishermen to stop the lease of nearly 80,000 acres offshore New York for wind farm development.
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Mid-Atlantic council considers changes for underfished scup
The Mid–Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering a modification to the way scup quota is allocated that could help fishermen get closer to quota.
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Fire lights up Va. seafood warehouse, fishing boat
Hampton, Va., firefighters battled blazes at a seafood packaging warehouse and commercial fishing boat in…