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US Wind proposes building 114 wind turbines on its lease in federal waters 10 miles east of Ocean City, Md. At right are traffic separation lanes for Delaware Bay. US Wind image.

Trump administration seeks to cancel Maryland wind permit

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Oysters to be used for restoration are grown at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory in Oxford, Md. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.

Maryland oysters a restoration success

The closed cod end on the FloMo with its reduced flow allows fish to swim naturally rather than being exhausted and crushed in a standard cod end. Holes in the retention modules (extension) can be adjusted to allow bycatch to escape. FloMo photo.

The gentle net

Paul Molyneaux

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission member states include California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Shutterstock photo.

Former fisheries commission exec sentenced for stealing $211K

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David Witherell is retiring as executive director of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. NPFMC photo.

NPFMC executive director David Witherell to retire in October

Margaret Bauman

Fire Suppression Industries began making the Suppressall FS2-Max fire suppression tool in 2025, after launching the FS2 in 2024. Company partner Joe Kuesis, fishing boats on all coasts are adding the FS2-Max to their firefighting toolkits. Suppressall pho

Fire in the hole

Paul Molyneaux

Northeast fishery managers look to improve sampling

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Geoff Brunick aboard the Pacific Wind, fishing out of Warrenton, Ore., tells of his father being among the last American whalers. “It was in the ‘60s,” he says. “They were whaling here.” Paul Molyneaux photo.

America’s last whalers

Paul Molyneaux

Bigeye tuna at the Honolulu Fish Auction. Hawaii Longline Association photo.

NOAA Fisheries claims success at eastern Pacific tuna conference

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Fishmonger Brenden Katchatag at New Sagaya's seafood department in Anchorage, Alaska, shows off some of the fresh whole silver salmon from Yakutat that were selling quickly at $7.99 a pound. The price of other fillets of fresh cohos ranged from $13.95 a pound to $18.99 a pound in Anchorage and $24.99 at the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. Margaret Bauman photo.

Alaska salmon harvests near 185 million fish

Margaret Bauman

Venture Global's planned CP2 plant in Cameron Parish, La., would be a 28 million tons/year LNG terminal that could become the largest such U.S. facility. Venture Global image.

Fishermen, environmental activists challenge CP2 project

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