Gulf & South Atlantic

Dredging oysters in Louisiana. Lousiana Sea Grant photo.

Gulf Coast Oysters: Shortages after Hurricane Ida strike amid market upswing

Kirk Moore

The Lifejackets for Lobstermen program has distributed more than 1,200 PFDs to Northeast lobstermen at half the retail cost.

NTSB panel confirms: Humans like to be heard

Jessica Hathaway

The trawler Master Dylan ran aground and burned after being towed by the Master Dustin II. Coast Guard photo.

Generator explosion claimed shrimp trawler; NTSB recommends fuel cut-off valves outside engine rooms

Kirk Moore

Ben Zdan bought the lobster and stone crab boat Gotta Luv It five years ago. Ben Zdan photo

Boat of the Month: Gotta Luv It

Sue Cocking

Hopeful Harvest is a Gulf of Mexico offshore supply vessel converted to a Chesapeake Bay oyster planter. Larry Chowning photo.

Larry_Chowning

OSV becomes oyster planter in Alabama yard; museum shop finishes last of late builder’s deadrises

Larry Chowning

Florida stone crab. Florida Sea Grant photo.

Gulf stone crab: Crabbers look forward to good year, despite shorter season

Sue Cocking

Coast Guard response crews assessed fishing boats lodged against a destroyed structure and sunken fishing vessels in the bayou Sept. 6, 2021, following Hurricane Ida in Southeast Louisiana. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard investigates oil spills, as power slowly returns after Ida

Kirk Moore

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station New Orleans hoists an injured man from the fishing vessel Moon Glow approximately 35 miles southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, Sept. 3, 2021. Coast Guard video image.

Amid Hurricane Ida rescues, Coast Guard saves fisherman after shark attack

NF Staff

The shrimp trawler St. Vincent was left heeled over by Hurricane Ida's 150 mph winds at Golden Meadow, La. St. Vincent Seafood photo.

Louisiana begins long, slow recovery from Ida

Kirk Moore

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Boat of the Month: Tomalo

John DeSantis

Coast Guard aircrews conducted overflights Monday assessing damage from Hurricane Ida, including vessels at Galliano, La. Coast Guard photo.

After Hurricane Ida strikes, Louisiana struggles back

Kirk Moore