Gulf & South Atlantic

A Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach 29-foot response boat crew rescued three people after a 63-foot shrimping boat caught fire in San Carlos Bay near Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., March 17, 2022. Coast Guard photo.

Shrimp crew rescued from Florida boat fire

NF Staff

The 195’ x 36’ x 11’ 2” Frosty Morn was built in 1958 for the menhaden firm J. Howard Smith by Bollinger Shipyard in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Omega nears completion on $8 million menhaden steamer conversion

Larry Chowning

Red grouper. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance photo.

Gulf of Mexico fishermen, supporters organize to challenge red grouper reallocation

Kirk Moore

Boston Highlights: What to see at SENA

Jessica Hathaway

Large reef fish, like this Warsaw grouper caught in the mid-1970s, are a rarity these days, but it’s the big fish that produce the greatest number of offspring. By creating no-harvest zones off the South Atlantic coast, managers hope to improve the brood

Fishing Then & Now: A look at marine protected areas

Jessica Hathaway

After five seasons of extensive and costly restoration that improved performance and safety, the Alaska Spirit heads north in January 2022, ready to bring in a return on the O’Hara Corp.’s investment. O’Hara Corp. photo

Feeling the Alaska Spirit

Paul Molyneaux

Florida officials measure the right whale calf killed in the collision. Tucker Joenz/FWC photo, NOAA permit 18786.

Florida sportfishing captain describes fatal right whale strike

Kirk Moore

Jacob Hulse works oysters on his brother Jason’s boat. Jason Hulse photo

Who We Are: Jacob David Hulse

Guest Author

Kim Sawicki, founder of Sustainable Seas Technology, works with deckhands on the F/V Capt Lynn out of Townsend, Ga., to test a new pot configuration for black sea bass. Sustainable Seas Technology photo

Ropeless gear puts South Atlantic black sea bass fishermen back on the water

Nick Rahaim

A shrimp boat at Brunswick, Ga. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Georgia fisheries scholarship works to recruit young fishermen for the future

Jessica Hathaway

Spiny lobster. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo/Dan Ellinor.

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Florida couple charged in $2.5 million theft from Key West fish house

Christine Blank