National Fisherman

Scallops

The Port of New Bedford is hosting an Aug. 6 meeting for fishermen and BOEM to discuss offshore wind areas in the New York Bight, shown here in relation to the Hudson Canyon scallop access area (light blue). Port of New Bedford image.

New Bedford to host meeting on New York Bight offshore wind

NF Staff

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposes more wind energy lease sales in the New York Bight. Scallop fishermen want a buffer between their fishing grounds and the Hudson South area (bottom left). BOEM image.

Scallop fishermen seek buffer zone around New York Bight wind power areas

Kirk Moore

Dungeness crab. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Alaska’s Dungeness crab prices double, halibut and blackcod also on the rise

Laine Welch

Bay scallops, a prized seasonal fishery on eastern Long Island, had a dismal 2019-2020 season. Peconic Estuary Program photo. — Bay scallops, a prized seasonal fishery on eastern Long Islnd, had a dismal 2019-2020 season. Peconic Estuary Program photo.

Commerce Department declares four fishery disasters

NF Staff

Alex Todd photo.

Northeast scallops: Prices high as rotational closures reduce supply, boost production costs

Caroline Losneck

The Fisheries Survival Fund representing scallop fishermen urged BOEM to change its plans to offer offshore wind leases near important scallop habitat. Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal image.

BOEM to offer New York Bight wind leases; scallop fishermen urge delay

Kirk Moore

University of Massachusetts researchers are using fisheries surveys in a first study to assess effects when the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project is built. Vineyard Wind image.

Vineyard Wind fisheries study to assess effect of offshore turbines

Kirk Moore

The Copper Crown: The first king salmon landed in Alaska’s Copper River opener gets a first-class ticket to Seattle on Alaska Air’s Salmon Forty Salmon to celebrate the official start of Alaska’s salmon fishing season. Seattle is a major hub for Alaska seafood as it gets channeled through the Lower 48 and overseas. OBI Seafoods photo

Salmon overtakes lobster as highest value catch

Jessica Hathaway

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued its final record of decision for Vineyard Wind (blue crosshatched area), an 800-megawatt project to be built 15 nautical miles off Martha's Vineyard, Mass. BOEM graphic.

Biden administration clears way for Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

The Ocean Wind turbine array off Atlantic City would send power ashore through cables to the. former BL England coal generation plant (lower left) and north to the former Oyster Creek nuclear generating station. Ørsted image.

Ocean Wind project worries New Jersey beach resorts, fishing industry

Kirk Moore

Ready for the trip from Florida to Massachusetts, Nordic Fisheries says the 85' x 28' Heritage is enough boat to get the job done. Duckworth Steel Boats photo.

F/V Heritage: Nordic Fisheries builds an innovative and nimble 85-foot scalloper

Paul Molyneaux