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A significant reduction has been announced in Atlantic herring catch limits for 2025. Photo by Jeff Rotman on Getty Images

NOAA cuts 2025 Atlantic herring catch limits

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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has authorized a winter sampling program, allowing the catch of up to 58,400 pounds to gather data on Atlantic shrimp. Photo by NOAA Fisheries/ Calvin Alexander

Maine shrimp make a tentative comeback

Carli Stewart

NEFMC has set the stage for significant changes to Atlantic cod management across New England waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Approval of new catch limits on Atlantic cod stocks

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Scallops on deck — Scallops on deck. NOAA photo.

New England scallop quotas cut by 28 percent for 2025

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Fishing back when: Atlantic states struggle with stripers

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Wind turbines, including one with a damaged blade, at the Vineyard Wind offshore site in November. Two-thirds of the planned turbines still need to be completed. Photo by Eleonora Bianchi / The New Bedford Light.

What’s next for Vineyard Wind?

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A 107-meter (351') wind turbine blade after completing the molding process at the LM Wind Power factory in Cherbourg, France. Photo by LM Wind Power

Turbine blade failure fallout continues, urges stronger safety plans

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Resolve Marine's RMG 400 lift barge raised the trawler Susan Rose from where it sank off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. in November 2023. Jersey Shore Fire Response photo.

Trawler raised off N.J. destined to return to the bottom

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Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Nantucket ups limit for commercial scallopers

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Photo by Anderson Cabot Center

Maine-based company offers high-tech right whale alert device

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Commentary: Is Long Island Sound the future for Cape Cod Bay lobsters?

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