Scallops

The Maine Aqua Ventus pilot project would install a pair of 6-megawatt floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island. University of Maine rendering.

Federal grant for Maine offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Jack Davis and Eric DeShields are scalloping with smiles on the F/V Elise G with Capt. Mike Cox on the Atlantic Open Bottom in July 2020.

November Crew Shot of the Month

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Ørsted's Burbo Bank Extension Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The Denmark-based energy company will develop 1,100 MW of offshore wind power east of Atlantic City, N.J. Ørsted photo.

Offshore industry says drilling moratorium endangers wind power too

Kirk Moore

One Time Use — Scallopers Campaign photo

Time for change in the Atlantic scallop fishery

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Heavy seas at the Block Island Wind Array in Rhode Island, the first offshore wind array in the United States. Department of Energy photo

Fishing advocates: Study shows offshore wind jobs overstated

Kirk Moore

Captain Jim Wotton captures his crew on the F/V Overkill in the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area in 2018. Jim Wotton photo

Scallop scuffle: Council set to vote on future for small-boat fleet

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Ørsted's Burbo Bank Extension Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The Denmark-based energy company will develop 1,100 MW of offshore wind power east of Atlantic City, N.J. Ørsted photo.

New Jersey legislators call to suspend offshore wind approval

Kirk Moore

2014 0904 NOAA MarineObserver

Mid-Atlantic council calls for extending observer waiver through 2020

Kirk Moore

Knute Aarsheim has spent decades in the New Bedford, Mass., scallop fishery. In December 2019, he and his son Keith took delivery of the Aarsheim Junior. Duckworth Steel Boats Photo.

Every engine needs a boat

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.

Offshore wind arrays will disrupt fisheries assessments, scientists warn

Kirk Moore

Sean Stone fishes for scallops on the F/V Anticipations out of Cape May, New Jersey. Nancy Stone photo.

August Crew Shot of the Month

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