Gulf & South Atlantic

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association supports safety practices in this bustling Alaska salmon fishery. BBRSDA photo.

Texas captain dies after F/V Pneuma capsizes in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Jessica Hathaway

Gulf Coast reef fish fishermen target snappers, groupers, amberjack, triggerfish and mackerel. David Hills photo

Recreational quota grab sets dangerous precedent, gulf fleet warns

Jessica Hathaway

Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.

Atlantic mullet: Production and prices down for roe, and red tide worries

Sue Cocking

Charter fishing vessel operators in the Gulf of Mexico are challenging NMFS electronic monitoring rules. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

Gulf of Mexico charter operators fight back against lawsuit mandating electronic monitoring

Steve Bittenbender

Southwind was one of the last round-stern deadrise boats built by George P. Butler at Reedville Marine Railway in Virginia. When Butler died in 1976, his son took over. Larry Chowning photo.

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Butler family sells railway after 106 years; Butler-built classic wooden boats still at work

Larry Chowning

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is soliciting interest from wind developers in leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM graphic.

Calls for new Gulf of Mexico, Carolina offshore wind sites

Kirk Moore

Who we are: Jimmy Siebold

Maureen Donald

The Miss. Kim capsized on the opening day of the South Carolina shrimp season. GoFundMe/Grace Sayre photo.

South Carolina shrimp boat capsizes on opening day of season

Maureen Donald

The Coast Guard found 529 pounds of illegally caught Bahamas reef fish after boarding a 39-foot Contender center console boat at Key Largo, Fla., in May 2020. NMFS photo.

Florida angler forfeits brand-new boat to settle Bahamas poaching case

Kirk Moore

The Coast Guard and good Samaritan vessels responded to a capsized commercial lift boat on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, La. U.S. Coast Guard photo

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Fishermen aided search efforts after 13 lost in lift boat capsizing

John DeSantis

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

Gulf yellowfin: Producers foresee a good season ahead as sushi buyers come back

Sue Cocking