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Heavy seas at the Block Island Wind Array in Rhode Island, the first offshore wind array in the United States. Department of Energy photo

Fishing advocates: Study shows offshore wind jobs overstated

Kirk Moore

Captain Jim Wotton captures his crew on the F/V Overkill in the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area in 2018. Jim Wotton photo

Scallop scuffle: Council set to vote on future for small-boat fleet

Guest Author

Ørsted's Burbo Bank Extension Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The Denmark-based energy company will develop 1,100 MW of offshore wind power east of Atlantic City, N.J. Ørsted photo.

New Jersey legislators call to suspend offshore wind approval

Kirk Moore

2014 0904 NOAA MarineObserver

Mid-Atlantic council calls for extending observer waiver through 2020

Kirk Moore

Knute Aarsheim has spent decades in the New Bedford, Mass., scallop fishery. In December 2019, he and his son Keith took delivery of the Aarsheim Junior. Duckworth Steel Boats Photo.

Every engine needs a boat

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing vessels at the Block Island Wind Farm. Ørsted photo.

Offshore wind arrays will disrupt fisheries assessments, scientists warn

Kirk Moore

Sean Stone fishes for scallops on the F/V Anticipations out of Cape May, New Jersey. Nancy Stone photo.

August Crew Shot of the Month

NF Staff

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

Offshore wind advocates, fishermen push last arguments for BOEM study

Kirk Moore

Bay scallops in an eelgrass bed. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/Bob Orth photo.

Chesapeake seagrass beds declined 38 percent in 2019

Kirk Moore

The NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow. NOAA photo.

NMFS calls a covid-19 cancellation for Northeast research surveys

Kirk Moore

Pollock roe — Popularity of Japanese cuisine could open a wider market for pollock roe. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute photo

Seafood stimulus: Cash flow and connections for rising stars

Jessica Hathaway