National Fisherman

Squid

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

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

NF_Sept_20_Market_PAC_Squid_NOAA California market squid — California market squid. NOAA photo.

Pacific Squid: Trade hurdles to China remain, but prices are steady

Charlie Ess

Rhode Island Democratic Party chairman Joe McNamara, left, appeared on a beach at Warwick with chef John Bordieri to announce 'the calamari comeback state' was casting delegate votes for Joe Biden. Screenshot via PBS/YouTube.

Rhode Island touts its ‘calamari comeback’ in Democratic convention

Kirk Moore

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

Offshore wind arrays will disrupt fisheries assessments, scientists warn

Kirk Moore

The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Offshore wind advocates, fishermen push last arguments for BOEM study

Kirk Moore

Under New England council management, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument includes a range of fishing restrictions, which will soon expand under a coral habitat amendment. The pink areas have tilefish gear restrictions; the yellow and green areas are closed to monkfish and squid fishing. The red area outlines the seamounts area. New England Fishery Management Council image.

Fishing the canyons: Coral amendment will expand restrictions of Atlantic monument

Jessica Hathaway

Oregon's Newport Harbor. Creative Commons photo by D. Reinhart.

Top 10 for ’20

Jessica Hathaway

After years of using only rod and reel, New England groundfish fisherman Tim Ryder has upgraded to automated jigging machines from the Icelandic company DNG. Asher Molyneaux photo.

High-tech hooks

Paul Molyneaux

The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Offshore wind: Seven things every fisheries professional needs to know

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management's supplemental environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project considered the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance's proposal for four nautical-mile-wide vessel transit lanes. BOEM image.

Coast Guard challenged on offshore wind traffic study

Kirk Moore