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Commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors incorporate advanced technologies like AI to transform their understanding of the global seafood industry. Photo by metamorworks

How AI is changing commercial fishing and aquaculture

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

Maine denied $456M grant sought for offshore wind port

NF Staff

Its investigation into a damaged wind turbine blade on the Vineyard Wind project has prompted manufacturer GE Vernova to remove some previously installed blades. Nantucket Current photo.

Some Vineyard Wind blades to be removed

NF Staff

LOOKOUT, an artificial intelligence pioneer in marine safety, revolutionizes marine navigation by launching the LOOKOUT camera system. Photo by LOOKOUT AI

AI-powered marine camera for navigation and safety

Carli Stewart

$2 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds will be awarded to collect data and improve modeling. Photo by Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation

$2M awarded to improve red snapper data

NF Staff

GSMFC released a new report showing that the Gulf menhaden fishery has continued to be harvested sustainably and managed effectively. Photo courtesy of Fish and Bait

Gulf menhaden fishery has been confirmed sustainable

Carli Stewart

ASMFC has officially voted to delay the planned gauge change in Lobster Management Area 1 to July 1, 2025. Photo by WoodysPhotos

Lobster gauge increase delayed: Maine lobstermen relieved

Carli Stewart

To count salmon returns, a weir funnels fish into a chute, where a camera activated by motion detection captures an image of every fish and sends it to the cloud via Starlink.

First Nations and scientists use AI to restore salmon runs

Paul Molyneaux

The removal of four large dams from the Klamath River allows salmon to reach again about 400 miles of their original habitat that had been blocked for many decades. Photo courtesy of Jason Hartwick/Swiftwater Films

Final dam removal unlocks 400 miles of salmon habitat

NF Staff

Kodiak fishermen are set to drop pots for Tanner crab in Jan. 2025, though harvest levels are expected to be smaller than last season’s, with final quotas announced in November. Photo by Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Kodiak braces for smaller Tanner crab harvest in 2025

Laine Welch

This Kinnamon outboard powered 28’ glass-over-wood deadrise boat is about ready to be delivered to its owner. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tilghman Island’s father and son deadrise builders

Larry Chowning