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At least 27 percent of staff who worked at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center when Trump took office are no longer with the agency. The Woods Hole lab is at the center of the regional fisheries operations.

Eighteen years ago, Rob Martin learned that his lobster gear had entangled a humpback whale. He made it his mission to prevent repeats of his experience by becoming a gear specialist for the federal government. Now Martin is among thousands of federal employees who have themselves become entangled in the Trump administration’s sweeping job cuts.

Building repairs will require the aquarium to shut off animal-support systems. Most of the sea creatures currently at the aquarium will have to be released or re-homed, including the resident 25-year-old harbor seal.

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is celebrating its 150th anniversary. CAI's Kathryn Eident talks with Science and Research Director Jon Hare about the lab's impact on marine science and on the village of Woods Hole.

Budgetary negotiations in Congress are tedious affairs, but can also be enlightening.We’ve been following the Congressional reporters at E&E News and…