Gulf & South Atlantic

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Corpus Christi, Texas, tows a disabled 84-foot fishing boat after a vessel collision 15 miles off Port O’Connor, Texas, July 26, 2021. The Pelican crew safely transferred the tow — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pelican out of Corpus Christi, Texas, tows the disabled 84-foot shrimp boat Aiden Boy after a collision with another fishing boat about 15 miles off Port O’Connor. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pelican photo

Video: Coast Guard rescues five crew off Texas coast

Jessica Hathaway

Spiny lobster. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo/Dan Ellinor.

Gulf lobster: Post-covid, hope for ‘normal season with good pricing’

Sue Cocking

This 27-foot garvey is going to be worked in Virginia’s gillnet fishery by Bill Harris. Larry Chowning photo.

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Ala. yard converts oil supply ship for Va. oysterman; ample work lined up for wooden boat pros in the bay

Larry Chowning

Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance photo

Restaurants need local fish, says seafood alliance

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The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association supports safety practices in this bustling Alaska salmon fishery. BBRSDA photo.

Texas captain dies after F/V Pneuma capsizes in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

Gulf Coast reef fish fishermen target snappers, groupers, amberjack, triggerfish and mackerel. David Hills photo

Recreational quota grab sets dangerous precedent, gulf fleet warns

Jessica Hathaway

Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.

Atlantic mullet: Production and prices down for roe, and red tide worries

Sue Cocking

Charter fishing vessel operators in the Gulf of Mexico are challenging NMFS electronic monitoring rules. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

Gulf of Mexico charter operators fight back against lawsuit mandating electronic monitoring

Steve Bittenbender

Southwind was one of the last round-stern deadrise boats built by George P. Butler at Reedville Marine Railway in Virginia. When Butler died in 1976, his son took over. Larry Chowning photo.

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Butler family sells railway after 106 years; Butler-built classic wooden boats still at work

Larry Chowning

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is soliciting interest from wind developers in leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM graphic.

Calls for new Gulf of Mexico, Carolina offshore wind sites

Kirk Moore

Who we are: Jimmy Siebold

Maureen Donald