Gulf & South Atlantic

Florida officials measure a right whale calf killed in a 2021 collision with a sportfishing boat near St. Augustine, Fla. 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

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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

NamJet expands on Alaska markets with niche fisheries.

Bayou to Bristol Bay: NamJet goes niche

Brian Hagenbuch

A Gulf of Mexico menhaden steamer and purse boats from the vantage point of a drone camera. NOAA photo.

NOAA, menhaden industry study turtle interactions

Kirk Moore

Coast Guard response crews assesses 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 crews from across the nation have surged to Southeast

Report: Hurricanes cost commercial fishing and seafood sectors $580 million

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The 104 year old Ella K. has been working the Chesapeake Bay for 104 years. Larry Chowning photo

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Wooden deck boat has been working the Chesapeake for 104 years

Larry Chowning

Thanks to the new bow configuration and power package in the Bering Hope, Captain Arron Burbach and crew can take on what the Bering Sea has to offer, and keep fishing. Ocean Peace photo

Bayou to the Bering Sea: Ocean Peace converts an oil patch vessel

Paul Molyneaux

Shrimp boats at the Delcambre docks that a new infrastructure grant from the Department of Transportation will help to restore. Ed Lallo/Lallo Photography photo

Louisiana shrimp port gets $2 million in federal infrastructure funds

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