Northeast

Mayflower Wind proposes to develop 804 megawatts of wind energy starting about 20 miles southwest of Nantucket. Mayflower Wind image.

Massachusetts regulators uphold offshore wind contracts

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The top 10 National Fisherman stories of 2022

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An offshore wind turbine under construction. Avangrid photo.

Wind developers’ tightening financials call New England project into question

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Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Legal activists push herring fishermen’s bid for Supreme Court review

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Rhode Island Herring Fishermen Encourage Supreme Court Review of NMFS’s at-Sea Monitor Rule

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Aerial surveys estimated that 40 percent of the surviving North Atlantic right whale population was swimming near Cape Cod, Mass., in late April 2021. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

Maine lawmakers tie federal spending to ‘pause’ in lobster rules

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Cleaing up the 1 million abandoned lobster traps at the bottom of Long Island Sound

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The Rhode Island squid trawler Yankee Pride under tow by the Coast Guard after becoming disabled 90 miles off New Jersey Dec. 15, 2022. Coast Guard Station Atlantic City photo.

Disabled squid boat recovered in heavy weather off New Jersey

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The New England Fishery Management Council's new rebuilding plan for Gulf of Maine cod has a 10-year timeline out to 2033. NOAA photo.

New England council’s new cod rebuilding plan

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The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Atlantic states look to regional fisheries mitigation for offshore wind

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Mayor calls for closed scallop grounds to reopen to fishermen

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