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Sorting the catch on the F/V Darana R during survey tows using restrictor rope on trawls. NEFSC photo.

Northeast fishermen, scientists test ‘restrictor rope’ for bottom trawl surveys

NF Staff

The purse seiner St. Teresa was re-equipped with a new mast, boom and A-frame in just four weeks. Snow & Co. photo.

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Scan software quickens purse seiner modification

Michael Crowley

BOEM used data about scallop, squid, mackerel and butterfish fisheries to map out potential conflicts between fishermen and wind energy development in the New York Bight. BOEM graphic.

BOEM proposals to mitigate offshore wind fishing impact

The Ocean Wind offshore wind project (green square) amid a fishing grounds chart based on federal and New Jersey state data. Ørsted image.

Seven fisheries surveys for New Jersey offshore wind project

Kirk Moore

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

Fishing advocates seek new funding for offshore wind studies

Kirk Moore

Nikko Eterovich holds the 33-pound squid caught off the coast of Hawaii in February. Facebook photo

‘100 plates of calamari’: Hawaiian fisherman catches massive squid

Jessica Hathaway

GE Haliade-X turbines planned for Vineyard Wind would stand more than 800 feet above sea level. A lawsuit challenging project approvals questions if the turbines can survive major hurricanes. GE image.

Fishing advocates sue over federal approvals for Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore

Bonnie Brady, right, of the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association, speaks at a Jan. 20 panel hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Listening are Meghan Lapp of Seafreeze Ltd., and Texas state Rep. Jared Patterson. TPPF video image.

Texas wind power critics, Northeast fishing advocates meet at Austin forum

Kirk Moore

The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management approved a plan for 12 wind turbines in the South Fork Wind project 35 miles east of Montauk, N.Y. BOEM graphic.

Final approval for South Fork Wind project

Kirk Moore

Loligo squid are among the research subjects in the 2022 round of funding for the Science Center for Marine Fisheries. NMFS photo.

Science group funds $126,000 for Atlantic fisheries studies

Kirk Moore

A legal team from the Texas Public Policy Foundation is representing Rhode Island fishermen in a lawsuit seeking to overturn permits for the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project. TPPF video image.

Texas Public Policy Foundation brings fishermen’s lawsuit against Vineyard Wind

Kirk Moore