Northeast

NF_Sept_20_Market_ATL_Groundfish_NOAA trawl net — Retail sales are recovering after early losses during the pandemic, but prices to the groundfish fleet are lower. NOAA photo.

Northeast Groundfish Retail sales recovering, but prices stay down

Caroline Losneck

A team works to disentangle a humpback whale in Ambrose Channel off New York July 29, 2020. NYDEC photo/NOAA permit 18786-04

Entangled humpback whale rescued from New York channel

Kirk Moore

MLMC/Patrick Daly/Stonington lobster — Maine lobstermen haul traps in Stonington, the state's lobster capital. Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative/Patrick Daly photo

The lawsuit trap: Maine lobster certification suspended on technicality

Jessica Hathaway

NMFS officials say they now plan to resume at-sea observer coverage in the Northeast beginning Aug. 14. NMFS photo.

NMFS looks to resume Northeast observer coverage in August

Kirk Moore

Heather Anne Tyson Fick Alaska salmon — Aboard the Heather Anne out of Juneau, Alaska, Tyson Fick cuts off the head of a salmon prior to pressure bleeding. John McCarthy photo

Editor's Log: High quality, low tech

Jessica Hathaway

Humpback whales are appearing more frequently in New York and New Jersey waters. NOAA photo.

With whale strandings up, NOAA urges caution for boaters

Kirk Moore

NMFS officials planned to resume at-sea observer coverage in Northeast fisheries July 1, after a three-month waiver because of the covid-19 pandemic, but have postponed until at least August. NOAA photo.

Massachusetts lawmakers seek extended waiver of at-sea monitoring

NF Staff

Isaac & Colby barely beats Salt Shaker at the Friendship races. Photo by Jon Johansen

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Maine racing knocks out one boat

Michael Crowley

Yvonne Rosen of Vinalhaven, Maine. Ruby Hopkins photo.

Who We Are: Yvonne Rosen

Caroline Losneck

Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative photo

Flashback Friday: Maine Lobstermen's Association, 1970

Jessica Hathaway

Under New England council management, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument includes a range of fishing restrictions, which will soon expand under a coral habitat amendment. The pink areas have tilefish gear restrictions; the yellow and green areas are closed to monkfish and squid fishing. The red area outlines the seamounts area. New England Fishery Management Council image.

Fishing the canyons: Coral amendment will expand restrictions of Atlantic monument

Jessica Hathaway