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$2 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds will be awarded to collect data and improve modeling. Photo by Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation

$2M awarded to improve red snapper data

NF Staff

GSMFC released a new report showing that the Gulf menhaden fishery has continued to be harvested sustainably and managed effectively. Photo courtesy of Fish and Bait

Gulf menhaden fishery has been confirmed sustainable

Carli Stewart

ASMFC has officially voted to delay the planned gauge change in Lobster Management Area 1 to July 1, 2025. Photo by WoodysPhotos

Lobster gauge increase delayed: Maine lobstermen relieved

Carli Stewart

To count salmon returns, a weir funnels fish into a chute, where a camera activated by motion detection captures an image of every fish and sends it to the cloud via Starlink.

First Nations and scientists use AI to restore salmon runs

Paul Molyneaux

The removal of four large dams from the Klamath River allows salmon to reach again about 400 miles of their original habitat that had been blocked for many decades. Photo courtesy of Jason Hartwick/Swiftwater Films

Final dam removal unlocks 400 miles of salmon habitat

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Kodiak fishermen are set to drop pots for Tanner crab in Jan. 2025, though harvest levels are expected to be smaller than last season’s, with final quotas announced in November. Photo by Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Kodiak braces for smaller Tanner crab harvest in 2025

Laine Welch

This Kinnamon outboard powered 28’ glass-over-wood deadrise boat is about ready to be delivered to its owner. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tilghman Island’s father and son deadrise builders

Larry Chowning

After being sampled and tagged, a white shark swims off the platform. Ocearch has tagged hundreds of animals worldwide, and the data the organization collects is shared widely, including on the Shark Tracker app. Photo by Ocearch

Ocearch unlocks Atlantic shark secrets

Paul Molyneaux

Kathleen Kirby and her husband, Jacob Schreiner, have organized efforts following back-to-back hurricanes to bring Maine fishing boots to those in need in North Carolina. Photo by Heather Sprague

Maine fishermen rally with boots on the ground for hurricane relief

Carli Stewart

Highlights of the 2024 Pacific Marine Expo are now live! Photo by Britton Spark (@couchchronicles)

Celebrating the maritime community at PME

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The HOS Mystique, a 250-foot multipurpose supply vessel, is using a crane and remotely operated vehicle to recover pieces of the fractured GE Vernova blade from the sea floor around Vineyard Wind's AW38 turbine. Hornbeck Offshore photo.

Vineyard Wind salvaging broken blade from sea floor

NF Staff