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Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. Image by DCChefAnna from Pixabay.

Scientists dredge for lowdown on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs

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A dead whale washed ashore at Manasquan, N.J., Feb. 13, one in a series of strandings in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra via Facebook.

Federal whale commission ties strandings to population growth, not offshore wind

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Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, speaks at a Feb. 19 rally in Point Pleasant Beach calling for a moratorium on offshore wind development. Photo by office of Rep. Chris Smith.

Congressional critics plan legislation, hearings on offshore wind

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The Emilie Virginia is presently up on the hard at Crown Pointe Marina in Hayes, Va., getting a new bottom, stern and pilothouse. She is shown here with her captain and owner Peyton Mason. Photo by Jimmy John Hunley.

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Virginia waterman needs his classic wooden boats ‘just to keep up with the work.’

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A dead humpback whale is removed from the beach at Manasquan, N.J., before a Feb. 14 necropsy at the Monmouth County Landfill. Michael McKenna/Marine Mammal Stranding Center photo.

New Jersey congressman wants GAO to investigate offshore wind

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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023, apparently the victim of a ship strike. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

NOAA says vessel strike killed right whale in Virginia

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Trawlers tied up side to side at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative on Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Robert E. Gourley, Jr. photo.

New Jersey Fishermen’s Dock Cooperative still strong, 70 years and counting

A dead whale washed ashore at Manasquan, N.J., Feb. 13, one in a series of strandings in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra via Facebook.

The offshore wind and whales public relations duel

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The 70' Columbia is shown here with three other Conn. boats that were brought south to Chesapeake Bay, three of which will work in the State of Maryland's Oyster Replenishment Program. Photo by Benny Horseman.

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New homes on Chesapeake Bay for Connecticut oyster schooners

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Fishing vessels tied up at New Bedford, Mass. Doug Stewart photo.

New Bedford calls for ‘cumulative approach’ to offshore wind fisheries compensation

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North Carolina fisherman wary of wind energy leasing process

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