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NF_September_20_ATY_South_Lead_Parker — This Parker 25 worked by Nathan Everett on Chesapeake Bay recently got a new 300-hp four-stroke outboard engine. Larry Chowning photo

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New power for a 25-footer in Chesapeake Bay; Wright skiff is ready for sale in Deltaville, Va.

Larry Chowning

Environmental groups had sought a court order to close an area south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (red crosshatched block on chart) to vertical lines used in the offshore lobster fishery. U.S. District Court image.

Judge won’t close offshore lobster area; grants NMFS more time for whale analysis

Kirk Moore

Rhode Island Democratic Party chairman Joe McNamara, left, appeared on a beach at Warwick with chef John Bordieri to announce 'the calamari comeback state' was casting delegate votes for Joe Biden. Screenshot via PBS/YouTube.

Rhode Island touts its ‘calamari comeback’ in Democratic convention

Kirk Moore

Jason Muermann steers the 35-foot crabbing boat he and brother Jeremy Muermann use on Barnegat Bay. Jeremy Muermann photo.

Who we are: Jeremy and Jason Muermann

Kirk Moore

Blue Eyed Girl hit 49 mph at the Portland lobster boat races Aug. 16, 2020. Jon Johansen photo.

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Maine’s lobster boat racing season ends

Michael Crowley

NF_Sept_20_Market_GSA_Flounder_NOAA summer flounder — Summer flounder. NOAA photo.

Flounder: Summer landings on track; reductions coming for southern allocations

Maureen Donald

Salmon fishermen on Bristol Bay near Naknek, Alaska. Emma Forsberg photo.

Bristol Bay fishing group calls for state environmental commissioner to step aside

Kirk Moore

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Mid-Atlantic council calls for extending observer waiver through 2020

Kirk Moore

1970 World Championship Sardine Packing Contest Champion Rita Willey of Rockland, Maine

Flashback Friday: Sardine packing champ, launch for offshore lobster, remembering Uncle Ted

Jessica Hathaway

Knute Aarsheim has spent decades in the New Bedford, Mass., scallop fishery. In December 2019, he and his son Keith took delivery of the Aarsheim Junior. Duckworth Steel Boats Photo.

Every engine needs a boat

Paul Molyneaux

Getting in and out of Dutch Harbor was never easy, but an October accident plus COVID-19 led to a RavnAir shutdown and bankruptcy filing. Bri Dwyer photo.

Ups and downs: Alaska’s remote fishing hubs grapple with ferry and flight shutdowns

Bruce Buls