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Shrimpers grace a St. Helena Sound sunset 45 miles south of Charleston, S.C. NOAA photo.

South Carolina shrimpers start their season earlier than usual

Dr. Richard Wahle demonstrates a passive larval lobster collector developed with the assistance of fishermen and used for American Lobster Settlement Index data collection. UMaine Darling Marine Center photo.

Maine's Lobster Institute finds new director in researcher Richard Wahle

Ocean Beauty Seafoods’ Petersburg salmon cannery. Ocean Beauty Seafoods photo.

Ocean Beauty shutters salmon cannery for 2018

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Jeremy Zirlott, of Bayou la Batre, Alabama, buys from his three boats and two others. He packs his own shrimp and is pushing up his wholesale prices to try to get more money to the boats as fuel prices rise. “I also preach fuel efficiency,” he says. Photo
May 1, 2026

Fishermen weigh fuel costs against the catch

From the ashes of the 2024 Ilwaco Landing fire, FishHer Columbia Pacific Community Alliance has grown into a force for safety, training, and community along the West Coast waterfront. Photo courtesy of FishHer
May 1, 2026

From Ilwaco strong to FishHer

Maryland is taking another swing at its growing blue catfish problem, this time with gill nets. Photo courtesy of NOAA
May 1, 2026

Maryland targets invasive blue catfish with gill net study

A fishing vessel operates in Alaska waters. Shutterstock photo.
May 1, 2026

Legislation would expand representation on NPFMC

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