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2017 0125 AtlanticCod groundfish — Atlantic cod. NOAA photo.

Commerce rejects New England council’s cod amendment

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mCDR is a set of experimental techniques that could someday play a major role in combating climate change by accelerating the ocean’s uptake and storing heat-trapping carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Marine carbon dioxide removal: How fishermen can have a voice

Sarah Schumann

Myles Cockrell, above, of Little Wicomico Oyster Company LLC, is one of just a few oyster growers in Virginia who build their own boats for commercial use. Photo by Larry Chowning

Larry_Chowning

Cockrells' launch new super scow

Larry Chowning

Photo courtesy of the What's Going On in Rhode Island Facebook page

Injured Rhode Island lobsterman sues state over wharf collapse

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In 2024,, Lisa, Brian Gabriel, and others experimented with beach seining to harvest sockeye salmon without harming Chinooks. Some of the crew are learning to haul the nets on a beach in Upper Cook Inlet. Photo by Brian Gabriel

Cook Inlet setnetters told to wait for 2027

Paul Molyneaux

The 2022 Chesapeake Bay blue crab dredge survey showed an historic low for crabs in the bay. Results from the annual winter survey now show 2025 will have the second lowest population estimate. Larry Chowning photo.

Survey shows Chesapeake crab population second lowest since 1990

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Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle interdict a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 22, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Edward Wargo

Coast Guard detains 4 for fishing illegally off Texas coast

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A Gillnet boat in Cordova, Alaska. Coleman Peebles photo - Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Copper River opener sockeye harvest well below forecast

Margaret Bauman

Photo by Joe Zimmermann, Maryland DNR

Maryland stock assessment finds 12 billion oysters in Chesapeake Bay

Carli Stewart

Striped bass, also known as rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay region. Joan Smedinghoff photo/Chesapeake Bay Program.

Charter fishing captains sue to overturn striped bass regulations

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The 2025 Pacific Marine Expo dates have been announced. Photo courtesy of Brandon Cole

PME 2025: Back in Seattle, bigger and better

Carli Stewart