On the heels of a global pandemic, the overall value earned by harvesters in 2021 jumped by more than $365 million to a new historic value, according to data from Maine Department of Marine Resources.

Something remarkable has happened over the past few years off the coast near Brigantine: A sandbar, or shoal, has emerged into what wildlife officials are calling a 100-acre island complete with lagoon that already is “one of the most critically important areas for birds” in New Jersey.

Under pressure from homebuilders, officials in Delaware’s fastest-growing county are on the verge of approving new regulations for construction near wetlands and streams that, in some crucial instances, would provide less protection than the county’s existing 34-year-old code.

Beach erosion following last weekend’s fierce coastal storm has created additional headaches in several towns with Memorial Day weekend only two weeks away.

Home-wrecking coastal storm gives the East Coast a week of wind and waves — but mostly wind.

U.S. Rep Hakeem Jeffries announced Monday the allocation of $800,000 in funds from the most recent federal budget to construct a “tidal gate” along the Canarsie waterfront, which aims to further bolster the vulnerable waterfront nabe from the adverse effects of climate change.

“He is a determined, young, mature male trying to make his way in the white shark world, and he has the attitude to do so,” one researcher said.

Summer vacation season is fast approaching, but if you're going to the coast, there's a chance it could look different as eroding coastlines are impacting beach and bayfront towns.

With only a few weeks until Memorial Day, erosion, scarfing and other damage is visible along many miles of Delaware’s oceanside beaches.

The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP), hosted at Roger Williams University, has announced $649,000 in planning grant awards to support green-infrastructure and capacity-building projects for municipalities, local organizations, and universities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts

ZBA issues a single special permit with multiple conditions

Disaster-level instability in the Atlantic herring industry has prompted the federal government to give $11 million to commercial fishermen and shore-side infrastructure in four states.

The possibility of allowing leasing in the Atlantic scallop fishery is being explored by the New England Fishery Management Council, which manages wild fisheries on the U.S. East Coast.

A group of island residents, including several members of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy, are taking the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund and the Select Board to court over a memorandum of understanding between the town and SBPF to extend the erosion-control project that’s been at the base of Sconset Bluff for the past eight years.

Restoration helps more than environment: Dredging helped expand Maryland's waterways

Lobsters were the unlikely subject of a lively debate on the Senate floor Thursday, culminating in the chamber voting down a bill that would have granted lobster licenses for recreational scuba divers.

BOSTON — A group opposing wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts released a report that documents contributions from wind energy developers to environmental groups in the state, donations that the authors of the report say cast questions on the ability of groups to analyze the impacts that wind projects have on the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale.

Climate change, flooding threaten vulnerable communities in RI. This article is part of a series on gentrification and development in Providence: The Ocean State is sinking.

With states committing to a transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean renewable energy, I know we have what we need to take action on climate and protect our oceans from future disasters. State Sen. Dawn Euer (DJamestown/ Newport) is chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee.

ELLSWORTH — A recently published report by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and partners warns that marine debris in the Gulf of Maine could present a significant threat to birds, as it has elsewhere in the world.

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are partnering with the first utility-scale offshore wind project approved in the U.S., Vineyard Wind, to gather data on underwater sounds and how they could affect marine life.

The Gulf of Maine stretches from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia. It is a leading indicator of global warming.

Snow Cone, the resilient North Atlantic right whale who gave birth in December while entangled in rope, has made it safely to Cape Cod with her calf.

Rhode Island beachgoers and waterfront landowners have a long history of battling it out over shoreline access boundaries.

(BDN) -- The land located between the high- and low-tide marks belongs to adjacent private property, a Maine judge ruled this week.