Gulf & South Atlantic

Nerka Sea Frozen Salmon — Some of the crew members of the Nerka Sea Frozen Salmon direct marketing cooperative based in Bellingham, Wash.

Catch it live: Direct Marketing, Ocean to Plate

Jessica Hathaway

The F/V Emmy Rose headed into Gloucester harbor, just outside the breakwater and the Eastern Point Light on Oct. 15. Photo by Barnaby Prendergast on the F/V Josephine Samantha.

#GivingTuesday: Helping fishing families and foundations

Jessica Hathaway

Florida boater Stuart Bee holds on to the bow pulpit of his submerged boat as the cargo vessel Angeles approaches 86 miles east of Port Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 29, 2020. Angeles crew photo via Coast Guard.

Florida man survives two days clinging to boat 86 miles offshore

Kirk Moore

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

Swordfish on deck during long-lining operations. NOAA photo.

Gulf swordfish: Domestic effort scales back in tight market;  Canadian landings too high, says Fla. fisherman

Sue Cocking

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