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Six decades of change on Cape Cod’s working waterfronts

Carli Clancy

The last wooden boat built at John’s Bay Boats is this 34 footer, being planked with 1-inch cedar for shop owner Peter Kass, who is retiring. Once it slides down the launching ramp, no new wooden lobster boats will be built. Jon Johansen photo.

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John’s Bay Boats building one more – for the owner

Michael Crowley

New Bedford fishing vessels. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

$1.2M awarded to boost Massachusetts commercial fisheries

Carli Clancy

It has been over a decade since landings of northern shrimp crashed, leading to a moratorium. While some fishermen continue to question the validity of the data, regulators have extended the moratorium for another three years. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Maine shrimp fishery closed for three more years

Paul Molyneaux

Friendship, Maine Simmons Lobster Wharf. Photo by Capt Tom/ Shutterstock

Friendship, Maine lobsterman charged with reckless conduct

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Authorities in Maine are investigating the suspected theft of oysters and aquaculture equipment from a site in Casco Bay. Maine Department of Marine Resources photo.

Authorities investigating oyster gear theft in Maine

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Hattie Train, senior deputy harbor master in Portland, Maine, at work in Portland Harbor in October 2025. Caroline Losneck photo.

Hattie Train: Senior Deputy Harbor Master in Portland, Maine

Caroline Losneck

New regulations could allow scalloping vessels to spend more time at sea. Photo courtesy of Brooke Kushwaha / The New Bedford Light

New Bedford weighs scallop permit-stacking as fleet sits idle

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Judge strikes down Trump ban on new wind power approvals

Kirk Moore

Menhaden Fisheries Coalition analysis finds widely repeated claims “simply not supported by the record”. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Scientists did not recommend a 54 percent cut to the menhaden TAC

Carli Clancy

Stevie and Brian on the deck of the F/V Stacie Vea, fall of 1981. Photo courtesy of Brian Robbins

Robbins bids farewell as Commercial Fisheries News prepares its final edition

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