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Registration for the 2025 Pacific Marine Expo is open

Perko recently announced it began shipping its largest 300-watt LED unit mounted on Perko’s remote controlled base. Perko photo.

Perko adds 300-watt unit to Lightship series

The 40-foot fishing vessel Das Bug navigates the Yaquina Bay bar. Yale Fogarty / Finer Image Photography ©

Three rescued, one missing after Oregon crabber capsized

Red grouper. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance photo.

NMFS increases 2025 catch limits for Gulf red grouper

A wrecked shrimp boat near Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura in 2020. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Paige Hause.

Lawmakers propose disaster mitigation tax credit for working waterfronts

A pair of pogie boats fish for menhaden off the Louisiana coast. Louisiana Sea Grant photo.

No violations found in Louisiana menhaden probe

LeBlanc, Teknotherm announce US West Coast merger

A shrimp boat at Brunswick, Ga. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Southern shrimpers cheer tariffs on India shrimp imports

The Fisheries Modernization Act would modify the existing Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to specifically include red swamp crawfish and white river crawfish. Shutterstock photo.

Louisiana lawmakers introduce bill to expand disaster relief for crawfishermen

The crew of Maximum Retriever conducts an illegal transfer of fish between commercial fishing vessels. NOAA Fisheries photo.

South Carolina fisherman sentenced for falsifying catch records