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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/4dd3e881a76f2ca54dca16a6062d585c.jpg — Blue crab courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Chesapeake crab survey shows promise

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/f1ebeffe1451660e032907ad3377756b.jpg — Blue catfish. Photo courtesy to NOAA Fisheries

Blue catfish endanger Chesapeake crabs, threaten other species

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/43e6221951591d79bbb4dc3ace86af92.jpg — Blue Crab. Photo courtesy NOAA Fisheries and Chesapeake Bay Program

Va. considering increasing spring, fall crab catch limits

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The great Atlantic bluefin saga

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/9235d0768a9de3b09abc73a749dc224f.png — Atlantic Menhadden. Courtesy- NOAA Fisheries

Suit charges Va. erred in setting Chesapeake menhaden quota

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/a783f68124d47d4457d739e0894404de.jpg — Photo by Bryant's Juarez

Md. fishermen upset by Army Corps' decision on dredging inlet

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Chesapeake Bay crab potters are catching their limit of 27-bushels in the bay this spring. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay crab numbers jump after winter dredge survey

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Chris Johnson, aboard the 35-foot Reel Easy, has just hooked up with a bluefin in the Gulf of Maine. He is using a Trident 80-130, and the Alutecnos 130 2-speed reel. Reel Easy photo.

Going Big for Bluefin: Top-Notch Rod and Reel Key to Success

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The lifting operation began carefully May 12 as the Rebecca T. Ruark was hauled out to repair damage inflicted by a pickup truck driven over a dock bulkhead in December 2022. Photo courtesy of Wade Murphy III.

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Historic Chesapeake Bay skipjack, hit by a truck, is under repair

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Studies of ocean quahog sites off the coast of Long Island, New Jersey, and Georges Bank found there was nearly continuous recruitment to the clam population over the last 150 years or more. Science Center for Marine Fisheries photo.

Studies reveal new data on ocean quahog population dynamics

This 27’ x 10’ garvey is going to Scotty George of Lancaster County, Va., to fish gill-nets in the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

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Garveys and more garveys

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