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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

Trained responders use a grapple to grab an entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale in Northeast waters. Center for Coastal Studies photo/NOAA Permit # 24359.

Whale entanglement reports declined slightly in 2023, NMFS reports

The 2025 Scallopalooza flyer. New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center image.

New Bedford hosts Scallopalooza shucking contest

The Coast Guard rescued five people aboard the 37-foot commercial fishing vessel Miss Jessie after it ran aground south of Humboldt Bay near Eureka, Calif., July 25. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Fishing vessel runs aground in California

A blue crab caught along with oysters harvested using a power dredge in the waters north of Deal Island, Md. Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program photo.

With Chesapeake crab numbers down, researchers focus beyond fishing pressure