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Venture Global's planned CP2 plant in Cameron Parish, La., would be a 28 million tons/year LNG terminal that could become the largest such U.S. facility. Venture Global image.

Fishermen, environmental activists challenge CP2 project

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This 1982 aluminum 42-footer was one of the first aluminum deadrise boats built on Chesapeake Bay in Deltaville, Va by Delta Marine. It is still working in Virginia's crab pot fishery today. Larry Chowning photo.

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Maryland’s aluminum deadrise pioneers

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A recent round of oyster license buybacks are helping Texas to reduce pressure on stocks and oyster reefs, state wildlife officials say. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi photo.

Texas buyback reduces oyster licenses 21 percent

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Farmed oysters with PONV1. University of British Columbia photo by Amy Chan.

Newly found virus linked to large-scale oyster die-offs

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A pair of Mississippi oystermen on a dredge boat separate oysters and load them into old Tim Horton’s coffee sacks. Bill 2648 now in the Mississippi Legislature would privatize 80 percent of the state’s oyster reefs. Richard Bosarge photo.

Privatization threatens Mississippi oyster harvesters

Paul Molyneaux

Evans Boat Construction and Repair of Crisfield, Md., have just introduced this Evans 25 scow for mid-Atlantic inshore fishermen. Photo courtesy of Evans Boat Construction and Repair.

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Evans Boat Construction revives fiberglass scow

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Myles Cockrell, above, of Little Wicomico Oyster Company LLC, is one of just a few oyster growers in Virginia who build their own boats for commercial use. Photo by Larry Chowning

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Cockrells' launch new super scow

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Photo by Joe Zimmermann, Maryland DNR

Maryland stock assessment finds 12 billion oysters in Chesapeake Bay

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West Island Oysters co-owner Dale Leavitt drives a boat through his oyster farm in Fairhaven in January. Photo courtesy of Adam Goldstein / The New Bedford Light

Oyster farmers brace for rising costs due to tariffs

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This 32' x 10.5' commercial oyster boat is being completely rebuilt at Jenning's Marine in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia oysters drive boatbuilding

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This C-Hawk 24 works in Virginia oyster and crab fisheries and is rigged to work on the state’s public oyster grounds using a required 22”-wide dredge. Larry Chowning photo.

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Fiberglass boats revolutionize Chesapeake Bay's oyster fleet

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