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Scallops

Wind companies bid $21.9 million for Gulf of Maine leases

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Ocean Harvesters says its nine menhaden fishing vessels based in Virginia would not be able to operate around future offshore wind turbine arrays. Ocean Harvesters photo.

Scallop, menhaden fishermen call to cut back wind areas

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The New England and Mid-Atlantic scallop has been managed sustainably for the last two decades. Researchers utilize AI and machine learning to understand scallop stock dynamics. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

AI transforms scallop stock assessments for greater accuracy

Paul Molyneaux

Photo by Macduff Ship Design

Hull form comparison a factor in coastal scalloper’s design

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Sea scallops as seen in a drop camera survey image by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology. SMAST image via Northeast Fisheries Science Center.

New study looks to how wind projects will change ocean

Kirk Moore

After a mechanical failure Aug. 17, Cape May County, N.J. officials kept the Middle Thorofare drawbridge locked open to permit continued fishing boat access to the Port of Cape May/Wildwood. Lund's Fisheries photo.

Cape May keeps drawbridge open for fishing traffic

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2016 1228 scallops — Fisheries regulators voted this month to “discontinue” the development of a plan to reopen the Northern Edge of Georges Bank.

Fishermen protest ongoing closure of Northern Edge

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Scallops. Photo by Carli Stewart

Scallopers assail continued closure of Northern Edge

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Macduff Ship Design developed a new scalloper design, the first vessel was the Eternal Promise, owned by Whitelink Seafoods. Photo courtesy of MacDuff Ship Design

New European scalloper offers Improved economic viability

Carli Stewart

Scallops harvested on a 2019 trip in Nantucket Lightship South conducted under the NMFS Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program. Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences photo.

Scallop Research Set-Aside projects for 2024

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Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was the biggest by volume, but New Bedford, Mass., was the top commercial fishing port by value. Photo by Tyler Moultrie on Unsplash

Dutch Harbor and New Bedford named top fishing ports

Carli Stewart