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Invasive blue catfish are competing for habitat with seven commercially important Chesapeake Bay species, say Maryland state officials. NOAA photo.

USDA offers $6 million for blue catfish processing, marketing

Photo by Brandon Cole (Insta: @alaskanadventures)

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