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Halibut hanging on a hook. Photo by Raegan Cureton on Unsplash

NOAA Fisheries Publishes Final Rule for Halibut Management Based on Abundance Assessment

Carli Stewart

Redfish in a Deepchill slurry, which the company says will bring the fish temperature from 15-18 degrees Celsius to 2 degrees Celsius in five minutes. Deepchill photo.

Cool It

Paul Molyneaux

A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work

Kirk Moore

Out on the edge of trawler design

Paul Molyneaux

Ørsted installed the first 11-megawatt wind turbine of the South Fork Wind project Nov. 20 about 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y. Ørsted photo.

First South Fork Wind turbine rises east of Montauk; BOEM issues Empire Wind decision

Kirk Moore

Swordfish on deck during long-lining operations. NOAA photo.

ICCAT declines calls for tuna, swordfish management change

Chris Chase

On-demand (ropeless) lobster pot gear on the deck of a commercial fishing vessel. NEFSC photo.

Ropeless Buoy Technology Tested in New England

Replenisher was a converted from a deck lugger tug boat to a Chesapeake Bay oyster planter by Cobra Management and Dry Dock Services in Houma, La. Larry Chowning photo.

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Converted deck lugger is a winner for Chesapeake oyster growers

Larry Chowning

Fishing Vessel Carl & Co — F/V Carl & Co, owned and operated by Craig Stewart out of Long Island, Maine. Photo by CS

Senators Collins and Reed Introduce Bill to Preserve Vital Working Waterfronts

Carli Stewart

A Clean Gulf Associates 95-foot response vessel skims crude oil approximately 4 miles southeast of South Pass, Louisiana, on Nov. 17, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy of Clean Gulf Associates.

Concerns Mount as Louisiana Oil Spill Estimate Surpasses One Million Gallons

Doug Stewart

Virginia is going to study bringing back the state's crab dredge fishery that has been closed since 2008. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia reconsiders winter crab dredge fishery, closed since 2008

Larry Chowning