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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

NOAA says vessel strike killed right whale in Virginia

Kirk Moore

Fishermen's Finest has lost an appeal of fishing limits imposed as a condition for a Jones Act waiver on its vessel America's Finest. Jeff [email protected]

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Fishermen’s Finest loses court appeal on fishing limits

Cliff White

Aboard Spiny lobsterman Chris Dabney's boat at Channel Islands Harbor, California — Aboard Spiny Lobsterman Chris Dabney's H&H Marine boat at the Channel Islands Harbor in California

Six marine safety devices that could save a fisherman

Megan Waldrep

San Diego urchin diver Pete Halmay, founder of the San Diego Fishermen’s Working Group is calling aquaculture a bad idea for fisherman. He compares it to the negative impact imports have on domestic seafood prices. Jason Houston photo.

Fishermen or farmers

Paul Molyneaux

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer assists the crew of the disabled fishing vessel Dolphin II before they were lifted to safety Feb. 11, 2023 off Puerto Rico. Coast Guard video image.

Coast Guard rescues three from fishing vessel off Puerto Rico

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Wrangell, Alaska. Brian Arundel photo.

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Trident reopening processing plant in Wrangell Alaska

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Trawlers tied up side to side at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative on Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Robert E. Gourley, Jr. photo.

New Jersey Fishermen’s Dock Cooperative still strong, 70 years and counting

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.

The offshore wind and whales public relations duel

Kirk Moore

ShellCast app expands to South Carolina and Florida

Jose Antunes

The 70' Columbia is shown here with three other Conn. boats that were brought south to Chesapeake Bay, three of which will work in the State of Maryland's Oyster Replenishment Program. Photo by Benny Horseman.

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New homes on Chesapeake Bay for Connecticut oyster schooners

Larry Chowning

Chart showing the portions of restricted areas where fully on-demand gear systems may be tested from Feb. 1 through April 30, 2023. NOAA Fisheries graphic.

Northeast ropeless gear experiments start off Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Kirk Moore