Gulf & South Atlantic

define North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo. — A trawler in North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries photo.

North Carolina state fisheries under legal attack

Maureen Donald

The 42-foot crab and oyster boat Miss Lynette had six bottom planks replaced at Smith Island Drydock at Rhodes Point, Md. Smith Island Drydock photo.

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Smith Island yard repairs Crockett-built deadrise; Virginia railway runs maintenance on wooden boats

Larry Chowning

Hurricane Zeta was the third major storm to hit the Gulf coast within nine weeks. NASA Goddard image.

Hurricane Zeta scores third 2020 hit on Gulf Coast

Kirk Moore

A half-dozen dead smalltooth sawfish were discovered on a causeway outside of Everglades City, Fla. A $20,000 reward was offered by NOAA law enforcement. NPS photo.

Feds offer $20,000 reward in case of the slaughtered sawfish

Kirk Moore

Offshore service vessels converge on the burning Deepwater Horizon in April 2010. Coast Guard photo.

Lawsuit claims Gulf of Mexico drilling permits violate Endangered Species Act

Kirk Moore

Mississippi oyster fisherman Drew Livings hand tongs previously relayed oysters from the Biloxi Bay in 2017.

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Gulf oysters: Too much Mississippi River water,  Florida drought pinch supplies

John DeSantis

Expert crewmen aboard the New Bedford dragger Ellen Marie prepare to dump their nets on deck while fishing on Georges Bank. The life of the New England deep-sea fisherman is depicted with great authenticity and feeling in a new book, “The Dragger,” with photos and text by William Finn. (NF Cover December 1970)

Flashback Friday — October 1970

Jessica Hathaway

Fish in a pen at the Ocean Era Velalla Farm demonstration project off Kona, Hawaii. Jeff Milisen/Ocean Era photo.

Feds move toward permitting offshore Florida fish farm

Kirk Moore

A survey vessel towing an airgun array during a seismic survey . International Association of Geophysical Contractors photo.

Atlantic seismic survey permits expiring; oil exploration ‘back to square one’

Kirk Moore

In 1957, Frank Patti Sr. returned from the Navy and took over the Guiding Star. Patti Marine photo.

Editor's Log: Finest kind

Jessica Hathaway

Frank Patti Sr. of Pensacola, Fla., is a 2020 NF Highliner.

Serving shrimp and grit: Frank Patti Sr. of Pensacola, Fla.

Paul Molyneaux