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The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management published a call for information April 25 on potentially leasing offshore wind development areas on 9.8 million acres in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM graphic.

BOEM issues Gulf of Maine offshore wind call area

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NMFS announced federal waters in the Northern Gulf of Maine scallop management area will be closed April 21 with the 2023 scallop quota set-aside being 100 percent caught. NMFS graphic.

NMFS closing Northern Gulf of Maine scallop area

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Maine’s seafood harvest has fallen 120M pounds since 2012

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Nantucket scallop harvest nearly doubles last season

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Juvenile sea scallops obtained from Pine Point Oyster Company in Maine were used in the ocean acidification exposure study. Dvora Hart/NOAA Fisheries photo.

Ocean acidification, warming will slow sea scallop growth, study says

Offshore wind partners Ørsted and Eversource propose a 600 to 1,000-megawatt project called Revolution Wind 2 on their federal lease off Rhode Island. Northeast Ocean Data graphic.

Ørsted, Eversource propose Revolution Wind 2 project for Rhode Island

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Protestors demonstrated against the Ocean Wind project during a public hearing in Upper Township, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023. Kirk Moore photo.

Offshore wind critics try to block New Jersey grid link

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Trawlers tied up side to side at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative on Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Robert E. Gourley, Jr. photo.

New Jersey Fishermen’s Dock Cooperative still strong, 70 years and counting

Scallop aquaculture: technique from Japan ramps up Maine’s fishing industry

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Fishing vessels tied up at New Bedford, Mass. Doug Stewart photo.

New Bedford calls for ‘cumulative approach’ to offshore wind fisheries compensation

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The Maine Hall at the 2017 Maine Fishermen's Forum. National Fisherman photo.

The Maine Fishermen’s Forum returns

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