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A dead whale washed ashore at Manasquan, N.J., Feb. 13, one in a series of strandings in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra via Facebook.

Federal whale commission ties strandings to population growth, not offshore wind

Kirk Moore

The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement aims to control fisheries as species and migrations patterns shift in response to disappearing ice cover. It also recognizes the impacts of these shifts on indigenous people. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Arctic fisheries agreement holding under pressure

Paul Molyneaux

Bristol Bay gillnetting. ASMI/Bri Dwyer photo

Alaska Wildlife Troopers to measure Bristol Bay gillnet vessels

Kirk Moore

NOAA Custom Chart is a web-based application that can generate a paper nautical chart. Image from NOAA web page.

NOAA releases its Custom Chart 2.0

A recent engine room fire onboard a commercial fishing vessel identified hazards associated with main engine dry exhaust systems coming in direct contact with combustible materials, such as general-purpose resin on wood and fiberglass reinforced plastic.

Coast Guard warns of fire dangers around dry exhaust systems

NF Staff

image credit: NOAA

Seagoing drone DriX will be used for pollock survey in Alaska

Jose Antunes

BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM proposes first Gulf of Mexico wind lease sale

NF Staff

Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, speaks at a Feb. 19 rally in Point Pleasant Beach calling for a moratorium on offshore wind development. Photo by office of Rep. Chris Smith.

Congressional critics plan legislation, hearings on offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Lifting a Lake Michigan lake whitefish trawl on the Peter Paul. Credit: Titus Seilheimer

Finding a Workforce: The Great Lakes Future Fishers Initiative

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The Emilie Virginia is presently up on the hard at Crown Pointe Marina in Hayes, Va., getting a new bottom, stern and pilothouse. She is shown here with her captain and owner Peyton Mason. Photo by Jimmy John Hunley.

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Virginia waterman needs his classic wooden boats ‘just to keep up with the work.’

Larry Chowning

The Pacific Producer's history of hard luck includes a 2013 grounding at Kodiak Island, Alaska. Coast Guard photo.

OSHA seeks nearly $209,000 fine over Alaska processor violations

NF Staff