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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management's supplemental environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project considered the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance's proposal for four nautical-mile-wide vessel transit lanes. BOEM image.

BOEM resumes final environmental review for Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

Right whale #3920, an adult dubbed “Cottontail” was seen off entangled and in apparent poor condition off Sebastian Inlet, Fla., Feb. 18. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Joey Antonelli photo/NOAA permit #18786.

Adult right whale dead off South Carolina

Kirk Moore

BOEM is reviewing a draft environmental impact statement on plans by offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource to build up to 15 turbines for the South Fork Wind Farm. BOEM image.

Traffic lane, habitat alternatives for South Fork offshore wind project

Kirk Moore

The North Atlantic right whale #3230 ‘Infinity’ and calf when they were first sighted off Amelia Island, Fla., Jan. 17, 2021. Infinity is 19 years old and this was her first calf. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/ NOAA permit #20556

Right whale calf killed by Florida boat strike

Kirk Moore

Fairhaven Shipyard built the 90-foot clammer Joey D for Oceanside Marine. She was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.

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Massachusetts yard delivers 90-foot clammer; Maine boatshop building lobster-dragger combo

Michael Crowley

Who we are: Bert Jongerden

Monique Coombs

Surf clams are shifting their range in response to changing ocean bottom temperatures. NOAA photo

Atlantic surf clams: With restaurant sales down, processors focus on retail

Caroline Losneck

Treena Brunelle photo.

Drive and moxie: Maine’s Elijah Brice is calling his new boat Perseverance, and that’s what it took to get her in the water

Paul Molyneaux

Scup. NOAA photo.

Northeast scup: With abundant biomass, fishermen look to expand market post-pandemic

Caroline Losneck

Vineyard Wind 1 (dark blue at center) would be the first offshore wind energy project among several planned on federal leases south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. BOEM image.

Top New York energy official to lead BOEM; agency resumes Vineyard Wind review

Kirk Moore

A school of menhaden. NOAA photo/Jerry Prezioso.

ASMFC could reallocate menhaden quota, industry pushes for equity

Chris Chase