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Industry shares worries about navigating turbines

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The Disruptor is ready to fish, with an array of J&B Tackle Custom Rods, Alutecnos 80 and 130 reels, and a heavy-duty hydraulic bandit reel supplied by Elec-Tra-Mate in Greensboro, North Carolina. Newport Yachts photo.

Increasing numbers of bluefin are helping a Connecticut tuna fisherman expand

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Music, Mast, Lobster Traps 2 is taking place in August 2024 at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. The event proceeds will directly support the Maine Lobster Community Alliance (MLCA), a 501c3 non-profit organization.

Music, Mast, and Lobster Traps on Boothbay's coast this summer

Carli Stewart

Vineyard Wind plans to build its 800-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image — Vineyard Wind is building its 804-megawatt project (in yellow) 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. BOEM image

Vineyard Wind fisheries compensation meetings

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Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Industry group charges U.S. with rushing wind plans

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Herring. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Commentary: Action needed to save river herring, shad stocks

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Photo by Gary Gillis on Unsplash

Lobstermen facing currents of doubt

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Wind industry rattled by cancellation of mega-turbine

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Previous harbormaster TJ Ciaramentaro was fired over a forgery incident, while other employees were caught stealing money from the harbormaster's office. Photo courtesy of Gloucester Harbormaster Facebook page

Revealing the controversial Gloucester harbormaster scandal

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Scallops. Photo by Carli Stewart

Council eyeing 2026 Northern Edge scallop opening

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From the start of planning by the federal BOEM, commercial fishermen sought defined transit lanes through wind energy areas and 2-nautical-mile spacing between turbine towers for safety. Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash

Offshore wind cables worry Mass. island fishermen

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