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BOEM has outlined three final offshore wind energy acres potentially covering 557 square miles off Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. BOEM graphic.

BOEM outlines three Mid-Atlantic wind energy areas

NF Staff

Bristol Bay salmon tenders did not see much action when many boats tied up July 20 to protest the $0.50 base price offered by buyers. The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association called for mediation by Alaska state officials. Asher Molyneaux

Pressing for a price on sockeye

Paul Molyneaux

Divers in New Hampshire working with a prototype feed buoy for underwater offshore finfish pens. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ARCTIC Act would slash funding for offshore aquaculture research and prevent permitting projects without Congressional action.

ARCTIC Act limits offshore aquaculture

Paul Molyneaux

A picture of radio frequency emissions from marine traffic all over the world, based on data from the HawkEye 360 monitoring system, shows challenges the company faces in identifying which vessels are engaged in IUU fishing. HawkEye 360 image.

Eye in the sky

Paul Molyneaux

Wind turbines in the Great Lakes are coming… in 2035!

Jose Antunes

Fish Wife Maureen Marinkovich guides seasonal income management

Megan Waldrep

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/1092813171e6fa3896c7a47516760fa7.png — Charging station for commercial fishing vessels, electrical outlets to charge ships in harbor. shutterstock.com/Goncharovaia

Should commercial fishing vessels go electric?

Carli Stewart

In the Fastest Friendship Lobster Boat race, Andrew Simmons in Carson & Emma (right) edged out his brother Keith in Isaac & Colby (left). Though there was a slight dispute over the results. Jon Johansen photo.

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Friendship matchup marks midway of 2023 Maine Lobster Boat Racing

Michael Crowley

NOAA Fisheries biologist Sadie Wright uses a metal detector to examine a dead Steller sea lion found on a beach in the Copper River Delta. NOAA photo.

NOAA offers reward for information in killings of Copper River Steller sea lions

NF Staff

Launching the Mr. Pete in February, Tory Bramante carries on his family’s seafaring legacy with pride and determination. Junior Duckworth photo.

A Florida shipyard builds a classic New England dragger

Paul Molyneaux

Tylar Michaud. Gouldsboro Fire & Rescue/via WCSH News Center Maine.

Coast Guard calls off search for missing Maine lobsterman

NF Staff