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The self-propelled barge is charged with oyster habitat restoration in the estuarine waters of North Carolina. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

Pipeline recovery vessel has new life as oyster restoration barge

Hurricane Idalia and Hurricane Franklin roughing up the waters along the East Coast of the United States. Satellite image by NOAA

Life-threatening currents all along the East Coast

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The Monmouth University Poll found there has been a steep decline in New Jersey public support for offshore wind since 2019. Monmouth University Poll graphic.

Poll: Public support for offshore wind power drops sharply in NJ

Kirk Moore

View of the Mediterranean Sea — Photo by Artiom Vallat on Unsplash

Blue crabs, native to the Chesapeake, invading Italy

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define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

Court rejects allegations of N.C. shrimpers polluting waters

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/2e6a634dd6a87a10a36b3dff9fdfeba6.jpg — Photo by Brian Yurasits on Unsplash

Finding summer flounder in a changing ocean

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This 20' x 8' aluminum garvey-style skiff, called a skimmer boat, is used by Omega Protein and its fishing partners Ocean Harvesters to corral dead fish when there is a net tear. Larry Chowning photo.

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New fish spill cleanup boats on Chesapeake Bay

Larry Chowning

Wind developer Ørsted stands to benefit from federal tax credits redirected by New Jersey state legislators. Ørsted image.

New lawsuit challenges New Jersey shifting tax credits to Ørsted wind project

Kirk Moore

BOEM has outlined three final offshore wind energy acres potentially covering 557 square miles off Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. BOEM graphic.

BOEM outlines three Mid-Atlantic wind energy areas

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George Butler built Wayne Fisher's seine skiff in 2001. Larry Chowning photo.

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Skiffs ‘fill the bill’ for Chesapeake river fishermen

Larry Chowning

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/0a45fa69126d002d3094ec9065c1e903.jpg — Atlantic menhaden. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Va. anglers want menhaden seiners out of the Chesapeake

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