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Mid-Atlantic

A dead humpback whale is re-positioned to conduct a necropsy at Lido Beach on Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2023. AMSEAS photo.

After another whale stranding, New Jersey beach mayors, congressman join calls for wind power moratorium

Kirk Moore

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Warming water threatens aquatic life in Chesapeake Bay region

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Omega Protein purse boat hauling in menhaden. Larry Chowning photo. --

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Proposed menhaden ban blocked in Virginia legislature

Larry Chowning

20 years of oysters: Lucky break helps put Rappahannock Oyster Co. on the map.

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Coastal congressmen call for halt to wind surveys

Kirk Moore

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Lawmakers say a Virginia blue catfish industry could help protect Chesapeake

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

New NMFS survey of commercial fishing expenses

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Investigators conducted a Jan. 15 necropsy on a humpback whale that washed ashore at Brigantine, N.J. Preliminary findings showed the whale was struck by a vessel, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. MMSC photo.

Federal regulators see no tie between whale deaths and offshore wind development

Kirk Moore