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A North Atlantic right whale, known to scientists as #3503 or “Caterpillar,” swims close to the surface. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/NOAA permit #20556-01.

Tracking endangered North Atlantic right whales

Carli Stewart

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/d75e0b8aba3cbbe1ff86474265fa9110.jpg — Photo by Erik Mclean

U.S. grants Va. institute $8m to lead abandoned crab pot program

NF Aggregator

Faye Hall christens the 180’ F/V Little River with a bottle of champagne on Saturday, April 22 at the Omega Protein dock in Reedville, Va.. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay menhaden steamers christened

Larry Chowning

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/f0967cca8ca68a52211c00fe29b0a819.jpg — Menhaden. NOAA Fisheries

Menhaden fleet agrees to limit where it fishes in Chesapeake

NF Aggregator

A team from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center examined a dead 30-foot juvenile humpback whale that washed up at Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 7. Atlantic City Police Department photo.

After whale strandings, New Jersey to fund more offshore wind impact studies

Kirk Moore

A tally shows how far the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management has progressed toward permitting U.S. offshore wind projects as of April 2023. BOEM graphic.

National Academies’ offshore wind advisors meet, and critics fume

Kirk Moore

The New Jersey Republican State Committee posted a Facebook page April 11 that directs readers to make a state Senate campaign contribution. New Jersey Republican State Committee image.

New Jersey Republicans move to campaign on offshore wind

Kirk Moore

A freshly caught monkfish on the dock. Northeast Fisheries Science Center photo.

New program aims to bring back monkfish market

Kirk Moore

The Ocean Wind project is planned 15 miles off Atlantic City, N.J., a longtime surf clam port. Ørsted graphic.

New Jersey offshore wind project won’t threaten whales’ survival, NOAA says

Kirk Moore

Local Catch app can revolutionize commercial fishing sales

Megan Waldrep

Juvenile sea scallops obtained from Pine Point Oyster Company in Maine were used in the ocean acidification exposure study. Dvora Hart/NOAA Fisheries photo.

Ocean acidification, warming will slow sea scallop growth, study says