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Mass. lobstermen hoping to develop economical pinger

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Bluefin fishery shutting down as commercial quota is reached

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Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

Commentary: Offshore wind and whale deaths

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New England shrimp fishery to remain closed indefinitely

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A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

Navy to build $146.7 million NOAA marine operations center in Rhode Island

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MA lobster boats moored at a marina. Photo by Leon Bredella on Unsplash — MA lobster boats moored at marina. Photo by Leon Bredella on Unsplash

Representative Dylan Fernandes Grants Cape Fishermen $500,000 to Boost Local Fishing Industry

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Friendship Boats built the Old Coot on a 44-foot Calvin Beal hull for a Providence, R.I., fisherman. Friendship Boats photo.

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All-composite materials for a new lobster boat, and a rebuild

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Mainers wary of taking part in tests of ropeless lobster traps

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A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work

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Ørsted installed the first 11-megawatt wind turbine of the South Fork Wind project Nov. 20 about 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y. Ørsted photo.

First South Fork Wind turbine rises east of Montauk; BOEM issues Empire Wind decision

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On-demand (ropeless) lobster pot gear on the deck of a commercial fishing vessel. NEFSC photo.

Ropeless Buoy Technology Tested in New England