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Vineyard Wind plans to build its 800-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image — Vineyard Wind is building its 804-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image

BOEM pushes back final findings on Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

The WindServe Odyssey is a U.S. flag crew transfer vessel built in Rhode Island to serve offshore wind turbines. Ørsted rendering.

Offshore wind advocates confident BOEM will move projects forward

Kirk Moore

Hauling halibut over the side of the longline schooner Polaris. NF Cover December 1990

Flashback Friday — October 1990 — Halibut • Pollock • Squid • Lobster

Jessica Hathaway

A northern right whale with calf. NOAA photo.

Entangled right whale off New Jersey

Kirk Moore

The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. A collapse in restaurant supply demand as a result of coronavirus caused many boats to tie up in spring 2020. Fulfill photo. — The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Fulfill photo.

New Jersey puts out $11.2 million in covid-19 fishing aid

Kirk Moore

An offshore wind data buoy in Morro Bay off California. U.S. Department of Energy photo.

First offshore wind research buoys deployed off West Coast

Kirk Moore

Expert crewmen aboard the New Bedford dragger Ellen Marie prepare to dump their nets on deck while fishing on Georges Bank. The life of the New England deep-sea fisherman is depicted with great authenticity and feeling in a new book, “The Dragger,” with photos and text by William Finn. (NF Cover December 1970)

Flashback Friday — October 1970

Jessica Hathaway

The Maine Aqua Ventus pilot project would install a pair of 6-megawatt floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island. University of Maine rendering.

Federal grant for Maine offshore wind

Kirk Moore

In 1957, Frank Patti Sr. returned from the Navy and took over the Guiding Star. Patti Marine photo.

Editor's Log: Finest kind

Jessica Hathaway

Captain Christopher Brown on the Proud Mary out of Rhode Island sorts sorts fish under electronic monitoring cameras. Photo by Ayla Fox/Nature Conservancy.

New England council approves 100 percent observer coverage with federal funding

Kirk Moore

Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif. Wikimedia Commons photo.

Huffman hosts New England listening session to discuss federal fisheries policy

Chris Chase