160 Foot Blade Falls Off Land-Based Gloucester Wind Turbine
Officials in Gloucester are trying to determine what caused a 160-foot blade to fall off a 492-foot tall land-based wind turbine on Saturday night.
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Photos from the Coast Guard's Gloucester Ship Rescue
The U.S. Coast Guard has released photos from today's rescue of 40 people after an engine fire was reported on the fishing charter vessel Yankee Patriot II off of Gloucester.
Coast Guard Boards 28 Vessels in 58 Days
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to its homeport of Kittery, Maine on Tuesday after a 58-day fisheries patrol in the Northern Atlantic.
Over an eight-week patrol, the Tahoma and its crew conducted 28 at-sea law enforcement boardings, inspecting commercial fishing vessels for gear, catch limits, and safety equipment...
Coast Guard Ends Search for Four Missing Fishermen
The Emmy Rose out of Portland, Maine went down off the coast of Provincetown early Monday.
Council OKs At-Sea Monitoring For All NE Groundfish Trips
The New England Fishery Management Council on Wednesday approved a 100% target for the at-sea monitoring of sector-based groundfish vessels, but stipulated that the requirement will be contingent upon federal funding, at least for now.
The council voted via webinar to approve Amendment 23 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan...
Lawmakers Oppose 100% At-Sea Monitoring Plan for Fishing Boats
Commercial fishermen say Amendment 23 could put smaller fleets and vessel owners out of business.
Pressured, NOAA Waives At-Sea Monitors on Vessels Through Aug. 1
Congressmen Keating and Moulton said there's no reason to make fishing boats more crowded during the pandemic.
Feds in Last-Minute Move OK Fishing Boat Owners for COVID Loans
Update 06/29/2020: Rockland Trust said this morning the bank "will make every reasonable effort to process all complete PPP application packages for fishing boat owners prior to the cessation of the program on June 30th, 2020."
The Small Business Administration announced Thursday that owners of commercial fishing vessels are now eligible to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loa
Markey and Warren Seek $500M in Additional Fisheries Aid
The Massachusetts senators said the fishing industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Conservation Group Asks Feds to Halt Atlantic Cod Fishing
A non-profit environmental law firm last week asked the federal government to place unprecedented limits upon Atlantic cod fishing in the Northeast, saying that the stocks have "commercially collapsed due to persistent mismanagement."
The Conservation Law Foundation took sharp aim at the 18-member New England Fisheries Management Council, saying the fisheries managers have failed to prot