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Northeast

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Maine nonprofit bought fish, fed families during pandemic

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Blue Harvest Fisheries purchased the Blue Water in 2015 as part of its effort to build a fleet of 15 scallop vessels. Thy were all sold off for $100 million months before the company's Sept. 8 bankruptcy filing. Blue Harvest Fisheries photo.

Commentary: Private equity giveth, and it taketh away

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Nicole Fel'Dotto has grown up on the ocean her entire life. Inspired by the sea every day, you can follow her journey through social media. Photo courtesy of NF

Don't be a lady, be a legend, a commercial fishing journey

Carli Stewart

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Fed-up lobsterman says he'll call it a day

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Commentary: How we — NOAA — gather and use data

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Captain John Nolan is holding his newborn daughter, Cooper, after coming in from a 10-day long line trip targeting golden tilefish out of Montauk, NY, while deckhands Andrew and Robert hold up some golden beauties. Photo submitted by Robert Aaronson.

Crew Shots: Exploring Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries

Carli Stewart

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Whale speed limit looming threat to economy of Mass. islands

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The mass resignation of the Fisheries Advisory Board to Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council—protesting what they called the Council’s “political theater”—was a hot topic at the Rhode Island Seafood Climate Energy Symposium on March 4. Sara

Rhode Island fisheries center hosts climate symposium

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