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Ryan Gandy is the stone crab expert at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Photo courtesy Ryan Gandy.

Who We Are: Ryan Gandy

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Alaska seafood: Keeping all markets moving

Jessica Hathaway

The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

First offshore wind turbine goes up on federal lease

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Crewman_F/V Jeanette T_Connectictu. John Collins / University of Connecticut — John Collins / University of Connecticut photo

President pledges help for lobster industry, tracking of trade disparities

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Inside a lobster processing plant. University of Maine Cooperative Extension photo

White House pledges support for lobster industry

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NMFS officials planned to resume at-sea observer coverage in Northeast fisheries July 1, after a three-month waiver because of the covid-19 pandemic, but have postponed until at least August. NOAA photo.

Northeast observer coverage resumes July 1; councils express worry

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Phippsburg, Maine – Alex Wallace pulled in this monster wrapped in pot warp on the F/V Badpenny.

July Crew Shot of the Month

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Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.

After two years of red tide, covid-19 crashes mullet market

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Maine's 2020 lobster boat racing season continues to contract under pressure of covid-19 health concerns. Jon Johansen photo.

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Maine’s lobster boat racing season continues to shrink

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Lobsterman lobster boat Pixabay — Northeast lobstering faces yet another front in the fight over the risk vs. realities of right whale mortality. Pixabay photo.

Pew requests area closures in the name of right whales, suggests trap and line limits as next step

Jessica Hathaway

The Pull N’ Pray is undergoing restoration work at Wayne Beal Boats after an engine fire caused extensive damages.

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Fire-damaged lobster boat in for repairs

Michael Crowley