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Northeast scallops: Prices high as rotational closures reduce supply, boost production costs

Caroline Losneck

President Biden is considering whether to reverse the Trump administration executive order on fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument. NOAA image.

Biden administration may reinstate Northeast marine monument restrictions

Kirk Moore

BOEM officials say a new partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers will speed the review of offshore wind energy projects, including the planned Kitty Hawk turbine array off North Carolina. BOEM map.

BOEM, Corps of Engineers team up to speed offshore wind planning

Kirk Moore

A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat underway. Coast Guard photo/PO1 Levi Read.

Coast Guard: Masking won’t be monitored

Jessica Hathaway

A lobster dock at Point Judith, R.I. Rhode Island was among states that issued emergency permits enabling fishermen to sell directly to the public after the covid-19 pandemic shut down their usual markets. Sarah Smith/Rutgers University photo.

Going viral can be a nightmare: Here’s one way to handle it

Jessica Hathaway

Cape Cod lobster diver Michael Packard was momentarily swallowed by a foraging humpback whale June 11, 2021. Michael Packard photo via Provincetown Community Space/Facebook.

Cape Cod lobster diver’s Jonah moment

Kirk Moore

The Fisheries Survival Fund representing scallop fishermen urged BOEM to change its plans to offer offshore wind leases near important scallop habitat. Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal image.

BOEM to offer New York Bight wind leases; scallop fishermen urge delay

Kirk Moore

What’s next in fisheries tech? You can help decide

Jessica Hathaway

The Killer is coming: Have you ever seen a boat like this?

Jessica Hathaway

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is soliciting interest from wind developers in leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM graphic.

Calls for new Gulf of Mexico, Carolina offshore wind sites

Kirk Moore

Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. BBRSDA photo.

Today: Bristol Bay leaders talk new season, support for protection

NF Staff