Gulf & South Atlantic

Bluefin tuna. NOAA image

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species panel meets in May

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The Calcasieu Pass is at Ampro Shipyard in Weems, Va., getting outfitted for the May start of Chesapeake Bay menhaden season. Larry Chowning photo.

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Omega trims Atlantic steamer fleet with conversion; pound-net skiff gets overhaul at Virginia railway

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The crew of the 154-foot cutter Glen Harris and multiple good Samaritan vessels rescued six people from a capsized commercial lift boat off the coast of New Orleans on Tuesday, April 13. U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District

Storm capsizes boats off Louisiana coast, leaving 12 missing and one dead

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Blue crabs. Florida Sea Grant photo.

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Gulf blue crab: Crabbers watching nearby states after tight supply in early 2021

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Loggerhead turtle escaping a net equipped with a turtle excluder device. NOAA photo.

NMFS delays excluder rule for shrimp skimmer trawls

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The Deltaville-built Nassawadox is on the rails at A.C. Fisher Jr. Marine Railway in Wicomico Church, Va., to receive a new horn timber. Larry Chowning photo.

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Wooden deadrise gets a new horn timber; Chesapeake legend Willard Norris dies at 94

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Gulf & South Atlantic Yearbook Market Report: Snapper, grouper and crabs are surprise successes

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The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, center, would release up to 75,000 cubic feet per second of sediment-laden water from the Mississippi River to rebuild wetlands in the eroded Barataria Basin. Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group image.

Shrimp, oyster damage mitigation in Mid-Barataria diversion plans

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The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project would redirect some of the Mississippi River flow through the levee and into the Barataria Basin. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority image.

Corps report predicts ‘major, adverse, permanent’ impact on shrimp, oysters from Mid-Barataria diversion

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Right whale #3920, an adult dubbed “Cottontail” was seen off entangled and in apparent poor condition off Sebastian Inlet, Fla., Feb. 18. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Joey Antonelli photo/NOAA permit #18786.

Adult right whale dead off South Carolina

Kirk Moore

The North Atlantic right whale #3230 ‘Infinity’ and calf when they were first sighted off Amelia Island, Fla., Jan. 17, 2021. Infinity is 19 years old and this was her first calf. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/ NOAA permit #20556

Right whale calf killed by Florida boat strike

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