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The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative has announced seven new appointments to its Board of Directors. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative names new board members

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The Lobster Trap Company’s plastic trap being field tested on the same trawl as a wire trap. According to research and reports from fishermen, plastic traps have been shown to fish as well as or better than wire. Photo courtesy of the Lobster Trap Company

Nova Scotia company aims to reinvent the lobster trap

Paul Molyneaux

A delegation of commercial fishing leaders from Scotland toured ports across the Northeast last month. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/Heather Soulen

Scottish fishing leaders look to Northeast cooperative research model

Carli Clancy

U.S. Coast Guard rescue diver recovered the fishermen who went overboard from the F/V Western Edge. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Provincetown

Fellow fishermen, Coast Guard rescue overboard crewmember

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The first statewide observance of Maine Commercial Fishing Remembrance Day will take place on July 21, since the designation became law. Photo courtesy of Enrico Della Pietra

Maine to observe first statewide Commercial Fishing Remembrance Day

Carli Clancy

NEFSA is urging Congress to pass legislation it says would provide regulatory stability for commercial fishermen while maintaining existing North Atlantic right whale protections. Photo courtesy of Jeff Greene, Marineland Right Whale Project

NEFSA backs bill that would bring regulatory stability to fishermen

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The Maine DMR is asking NOAA officials to evaluate whether existing authorities under the ESA could help accelerate Atlantic salmon recovery. Photo courtesy of the National Park Services

Maine seeks new ESA tools to speed Atlantic salmon recovery

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A new federally backed initiative aimed at strengthening the U.S. seafood industry is bringing $15 million to New England. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

NSF awards $15M to launch New England Seafood Engine

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NOAA Fisheries continues to manage the U.S. fishery under existing quota rules, while the United Kingdom has expanded commercial access following an increase in its national allocation. Photo courtesy of NOAA / Getty Images

US bluefin fishery continues while UK expands commercial access

Carli Clancy

Communications specialist Kristen Jabanoski with the HabCam, a towed camera sled system to collect images of the sea floor. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/ Megan Amico

Millions of seafloor images fuel scallop stock assessments

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After more than 30 years, the Northern Edge of Georges Bank has been closed to scalloping, and Trump has proposed reopening it. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Thirty years after closure, Northern Edge scallop grounds could reopen

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