Gulf & South Atlantic

Ryan Gandy is the stone crab expert at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Photo courtesy Ryan Gandy.

Who We Are: Ryan Gandy

Sue Cocking

Crewman_F/V Jeanette T_Connectictu. John Collins / University of Connecticut — John Collins / University of Connecticut photo

President pledges help for lobster industry, tracking of trade disparities

Jessica Hathaway

Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.

After two years of red tide, covid-19 crashes mullet market

Sue Cocking

Gulf of Mexico dead zone 2017 — The annual summer 'dead zone' off the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast reached a record-setting 8,776 square miles in 2017. NASA image.

Scientists forecast larger Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ for summer 2020

Kirk Moore

Completed in 1973, the Bonnet Carré Spillway dumped a record 1.35 trillion cubic feet of nutrient rich water from the Mississippi River into the rich oyster and fishing grounds of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Corps of Engineers photo.

Disaster relief for gulf fishing communities

Paul Molyneaux

The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. A collapse in restaurant supply demand as a result of coronavirus has caused many boats to tie up. Fulfill photo. — The crew of the Arianna Maria unloads a catch at the Fishermen's Dock Cooperative in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Fulfill photo.

What's in Trump's seafood order?

Jessica Hathaway

Yellowfin tuna. Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Taro Taylor.

Gulf of Mexico yellowfin tuna market steady as shoppers stock up

Sue Cocking

Covid-19 grants short reprieve in Mississippi, leaves threat to food security in its wake

Guest Author

Marty Scanlon's 43-foot longliner Provider II leaves the dock in New York.

Letter: Observer waiver expires, increasing risk to longline fleet

Guest Author

John_DeSantis

Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, the pain remains

John DeSantis

Coast Guard breaks up Mexican poachers’ red snapper incursion off Texas

Kirk Moore