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The Grace Marie underway before the sinking. Paul Spillane photo via NTSB.

Doubler-plated hull failure likely sank Gloucester dragger in 2022, NTSB says

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Fishing vessels tied up at New Bedford, Mass. Doug Stewart photo.

Technology, marketing among 20 Massachusetts grants for $1.6 million

Atlantic herring. School of Marine Science and Technology photo.

New England council moves to ‘revisit’ herring trawl restrictions

Ocean Harvesters successfully tested new skimmer boats for collecting fish from accidental net tears, and will deploy them during the upcoming Chesapeake Bay menhaden fishing season. Ocean Harvesters photo.

Virginia menhaden fishermen test new spill response boats

Cover Photo: Jay Fleming, photographer crabbing with Kenny Heath out of Cape Charles, Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay near Wolftrap Light.

National Fisherman — Summer 2023

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.

Northeast sea scallop survey cancelled after vessel sidelined

The 367.5'x56' processing vessel M/V Excellence recently underwent a refit at Everett Ship Repair in Everett, Wash. ESR photo.

Everett Ship Repair completes refit of processor M/V Excellence

A visual simulation of what the Ocean Wind turbines would look like from the beach at Atlantic City, N.J. Ørsted image.

Critics sue to challenge New Jersey Ørsted Ocean Wind 1 project

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

NOAA, University of Rhode Island partner on offshore wind research