Gulf & South Atlantic

Dead fish on a beach in southwest Florida after the summer 2018 red tide fish kills. NOAA photo.

Florida fishermen work with NMFS to track red tide

Kirk Moore

George Butler is building this rowing 12-foot skiff out of white cedar in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Southern fleets look north for supplies; a builder’s life is measured in skiffs

Larry Chowning

An aerial image of a collapsed net pen. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Letter: Support Keep Finfish Free

Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance photo

Restaurants need local fish, says seafood alliance

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Tagging fish for full traceability. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance photo

Editor’s Log: Reefing the sales

Jessica Hathaway

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

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