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The Coast Guard responded shortly before noon March 5 to the fishing vessel Yankee Rose capsized near Race Point, Provincetown Mass. States Environmental Police recovered one person from the water and the search continued for another crewman. Coast Guard

One dead, second fisherman missing near Provincetown

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The battle over Virginia's menhaden reduction fishery to fish has, for the time being, been stalled in the state's general assembly with all bills introduced to regulate or prohibit the fishery being killed or tabled in committees. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Last 2026 General Assembly bill to regulate Virginia menhaden fishery stalls

Larry Chowning

A Gulf of Maine Research Institute vessel studies cod populations in the Gulf of Maine. Photo courtesy of GMRI

Stop-fishing notices spread as haddock delay drags on

Carli Clancy

Right whales on the surface between Hudson and Block Canyons 40 to 70 miles south of Long Island, N.Y., photographed by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey. New England Aquarium photo/NMFS permit # 25739.

NOAA may modify vessel speed limits for right whales

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The crew of the USCG Cutter Mellon, formerly based in Seattle, is using Russ Trombley mallets to clear ice off their vessel’s bow. Photo courtesy of USCG

In winter, ice mallets can keep a vessel afloat

Paul Molyneaux

Design of the F/V Lily Jean with the prayer that lives on the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial Statue in Gloucester, MA. Design courtesy of C-Cals Maine

Lily Jean loss sparks formal investigation as fishing community rallies

Carli Clancy

Imtra thrusters. Photo courtesy of Imtra

Imtra Marine products in New Bedford

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Nova Scotia fisherman fined for cod bycatch, illegal gear use

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Groundfish vessel with a full deck of Gulf of Maine groundfish and a happy crew. Photo courtesy of C Fisheries

Gulf of Maine haddock quota stalled as boats near tying up

Carli Clancy

The New Bedford Fire Department responded to a fire due to a lithium-ion battery on board a fishing vessel. Photo courtesy of New Bedford Fire Department

Engine room fire damages docked fishing vessel

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The Coast Guard ice-breaking vessel was breaking up the ice to free the commercial fishing fleet in Saquatucket Harbor on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Barnstable County Sheriff's Department

Fleet frozen in as county funds ice clearing efforts

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