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BOEM requires transit corridors for offshore wind energy areas
The federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management is requiring offshore wind energy developers to set aside vessel transit corridors, amid intense discussions with the commercial fishing industry.
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BOEM looking at traffic lanes, buffers for offshore wind power
Concerns raised by the maritime and commercial fishing industries now have federal officials considering wider buffer areas between proposed offshore wind power turbines.
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Report: 10,000-pound shark too much for squid boat in 2017 sinking
The afternoon of Sept. 10, 2017, was not a particularly noteworthy day for the crew…
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Making the beds: Maryland pledges millions to oyster recovery projects
Maryland has signed a four-year contract that earmarks a $2 million annual investment in Chesapeake Bay fisheries infrastructure and labor.
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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.