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Scallops

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Nantucket's scallop catch tops 8,000 bushels

NF Aggregator

Captain John Nolan is holding his newborn daughter, Cooper, after coming in from a 10-day long line trip targeting golden tilefish out of Montauk, NY, while deckhands Andrew and Robert hold up some golden beauties. Photo submitted by Robert Aaronson.

Crew Shots: Exploring Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries

Carli Stewart

Japanese imports are taking a bite out of New Bedford’s lucrative seafood industry at a time when the region’s shellfish are in shorter supply. Photo by Carli Stewart

Japanese imports affecting New Bedford scallop market

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management outlined a final wind energy area totaling about 2 million acres off Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from 23 to 92 milws offshore. BOEM graphic.

Next BOEM studies will examine Gulf of Maine, NJ wind conflicts

Kirk Moore

The last of 12 turbines in the South Fork Wind project 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y., were completed March 14. Ørsted video image.

Despite fierce opposition, South Fork Wind completes turbines

NF Staff

Scallops harvested aboard a Maine commercial fishing boat. Benjamin Hayden photos.

Lower harvests, prices for Atlantic scallops

Caroline Losneck

Are scallops being left defenseless by underwater construction noise?

NF Aggregator

Scallops on deck — Scallops on deck. NOAA photo.

Scallopers' group pans U.S. assessment of wind farm impacts

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The 78-foot trawler Carrabassett was one of 12 vessels acquired by Blue Harvest Fisheries from the former Carlos Rafael fleet. Sold as Bregal Partners liquidated Blue Harvest assets, the Carrabassett was declared a total loss after a Feb. 8 fire.

Lawmakers demand accounting for shortchanged Blue Harvest fishermen, vendors

Kirk Moore

Atlantic scallop landed on deck. Ben Hayden photo.

More scallop landings for 2024; more frequent VMS reporting

NF Staff

New York State cancelled provisional power agreements tiehr three offshore wind developers, shown here as areas in red, yellow and light blue. BOEM graphic.

Farther offshore, next New York Bight wind leases still draw opponents

Kirk Moore