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After being sampled and tagged, a white shark swims off the platform. Ocearch has tagged hundreds of animals worldwide, and the data the organization collects is shared widely, including on the Shark Tracker app. Photo by Ocearch

Ocearch unlocks Atlantic shark secrets

Paul Molyneaux

Kathleen Kirby and her husband, Jacob Schreiner, have organized efforts following back-to-back hurricanes to bring Maine fishing boots to those in need in North Carolina. Photo by Heather Sprague

Maine fishermen rally with boots on the ground for hurricane relief

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Photo by Shareholders' Alliance

Commentary: Justice’s fish story misses the boat

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Texas campaign hopes to bolster struggling shrimping industry

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Outer Banks Seafood Festival boosts N.C. watermen

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2 Fla. fish houses moves forward with stone crab harvest

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A Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrew rescues a man clinging to a cooler 30 miles off Longboat Key, Fla., Oct. 9., 2024. Coast Guard video image.

Details emerge of fisherman who spent storm on cooler

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A Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrew rescues a man clinging to a cooler 30 miles off Longboat Key, Fla., Oct. 9., 2024. Coast Guard video image.

Florida ports reopen after Hurricane Milton

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Riverkeepers claim that the taking and discarding of sturgeons due to bycatch has drastically caused the species' decline. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

NMFS OKs limited incidental take of sea turtles, sturgeon in N.C.

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Hurricane Milton 'explosively' intensified into a category 5 storm Monday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. NOAA GOES-16 satellite image.

Captain rides out Hurricane Milton aboard cooler

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Red snapper anglers enjoyed ‘very successful’ season, La. says

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