Northeast

The Millie, a Duffy 35 designed by Spencer Lincoln, is the first boat for Richard Duffy’s recently launched R&R Duffy Boats. R&R Duffy Boats.

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A classic 35-foot Maine lobster boat design is back; new wooden lobster boat to be launched in fall

Michael Crowley

The Maine Aqua Ventus pilot project would install a pair of 6-megawatt floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island. University of Maine rendering.

Maine compromise prohibits new offshore wind development in state waters

Kirk Moore

Blue Eyed Girl was a force to reckoned with at the Boothbay and Rockland races. Jon Johansen photo

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Maine’s Lobster Capital hosts boat races this weekend

Michael Crowley

Northeast summer flounder: Prices return, landings on track to beat 2020

Caroline Losneck

Red knots and horseshoe crabs on a Delaware Bay beach at Mispillion Harbor, Del., in 2019. Photo by Gregory Breese/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Offshore wind developers fund shorebird study

Kirk Moore

Robert Browning and the F/V Lady Lee out of Garibaldi, Ore. Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety photo

Catch it when you can: On sleep and health in commercial fishing

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An American eel in elver stage. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Julie Devers photo.

Maine elver fishery jumped in value by over 200 percent after rocky 2020

Chris Chase

The final rule establishes coral protection areas around Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine. New England Fishery Management Council graphic.

Northeast coral protection rule finalized

Kirk Moore

Alex Todd photo.

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

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