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Heavy seas at the Block Island Wind Array in Rhode Island, the first offshore wind array in the United States. Department of Energy photo

Ørsted to cut work force by 25 percent

Kirk Moore

A garvey-style skiff with a Flux 115-hp electric motor can be used for a variety of tasks. This configuration is being used in a boat yard and in oyster farming, while feasibility studies for commercial fishing continue. Flux photo.

Flux brings the flex: a new 115-hp electric outboard

Paul Molyneaux

Horseshoe crabs come ashore by the thousands to breed in spring at Mispillion Harbor, Del., and other Delaware Bay beaches. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Gregory Breese photo.

NY fishermen say horseshoe crab management is working

Guest Author

A Teledyne Marine Sentinel glider is launched during testing off southern New England. Teledyne Marine photo.

U.S. researchers launch historic first circumnavigation with autonomous vehicle

Kirk Moore

Photo courtesy of CDFW

Fisherman pleads guilty in crab pot theft case

NF Staff

A subsample of bluefin tuna larvae collected via net tow from the Slope Sea. The small individuals are about 3 millimeters in length and the larger individuals are about 6 millimeters. NOAA Fisheries photo/Katey Marancik.

Scientists study Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning off Northeast U.S.

NF Staff

Photo coutesy of SEAD Consulting

Florida mislabels shrimp, Alabama leads by example

Carli Stewart

Aerial view of New Bedford's commercial fishing docks. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock / Wangkun Jia

Trump administration axes offshore wind fisheries study

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Sexton trawl camera used to collect video footage inside pollock trawls to test the effectiveness of bycatch reduction devices in nets. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Smarter nets and faster data for the Alaska pollock fishery

Carli Stewart

As cod landings in the northeast Atlantic and Barents Sea decline, Canadians see an opportunity to capture market share in Europe. But the Atlantic Groundfish Council and offshore fleet, the big boats, need a bigger allocation. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Newfoundland’s offshore fleet needs cod to reclaim market share

Paul Molyneaux

Misty Nielsen hauls in a king salmon at Kanakanak Beach, Dillingham. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Warming water has varied impact on salmon populations

Margaret Bauman