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The Ashley B and Four Sons are up on the hard at Jennings Boatyard in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay's classic workboats at Jennings Boatyard

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Coast Guard boat crews stopped five Mexican fishing boats and crews Sept. 29 off Texas, seizing 900 pounds of illegaly caught fish. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard rounds up five lanchas, 23 Mexican fishermen off Texas

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Oregon opponents block offshore wind auction

Kirk Moore

Two trawlers from Kodiak caught 2,000 king salmon, leading to the closure of their entire fishery. Photo by vladdon

2,000 king salmon bycatch triggers early fishery closure

Carli Stewart

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James arrives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Kaczmarek

Coast Guard visits Brazil to combat illegal fishing

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Don't miss the chance to connect with old and new friends at this year's Pacific Marine Expo, from November. 20 - 22. Photo by Britton Sparks (@couchchronicles)

Innovation and networking at the 2024 Pacific Marine Expo

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Hurricane Helene heads for Florida Gulf coast, Southeast

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Happy National Lobster Day! Photo by the University of New England

In celebration of National Lobster Day

Carli Stewart

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is expected to extend a ban on crab dredging after a public hearing in October. Larry Chowning photo.

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VMRC advertises to ban winter crab dredging

Larry Chowning

Right whales on the surface between Hudson and Block Canyons 40 to 70 miles south of Long Island, N.Y., photographed by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey. New England Aquarium photo/NMFS permit # 25739.

North Atlantic right whales clustered in New York Bight

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Illegally caught pink shrimp in the hold of a fishing vessel approximately 12 miles off Marquesas Keys, Florida, Sept. 19, 2024. Coast Guard photo/CPO Nicole Groll.

Coast Guard says Alabama shrimper had 45,000 pounds – but an expired permit

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