National Fisherman

Oysters

This 1980s photo of the skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark was taken at Knapps Narrows on Tilghman Island, Md. Larry Chowning photo.

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New lease on life for historic skipjack

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Fresh oysters in a pile. Photo by Ben Stern on Unsplash

VA. celebrates oyster restoration milestone

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Eighty rules were readopted in N.C., most about processing procedures and shellfish sanitation. Photo by ABB Photo on Shutterstock

Readoption of eighty N.C. marine fisheries rules now in effect

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The Connecticut schooner Suzanne is on the rails at Cockrell Marine Railway. Larry Chowning photo.

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Connecticut oyster schooner up on the rails

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Checking kelp on a grow line at Seagrove Kelp off Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Seagrove Kelp photo

State of Alaska aquaculture report 2024

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The Jaqueline Alice was built in 2002, and the boat that helped Jeremy Bonniville learned the craft of fiberglass boatbuilding. Bonniville works the boat in Virginia gillnet, crab pot, and oyster fisheries. Larry Chowning photo.

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Wooden deadrise tradition lives on in fiberglass

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Photo by Tommaso Cantelli on Unsplash

Ecosystem restoration initiative could spark recovery of Fla. oysters

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Fresh oysters in a pile. Photo by Ben Stern on Unsplash

3 La. oystermen cited for fishing closed waters

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Photo by Matthew LeJune on Unsplash

Oysters called 'hope on the half shell' for Chesapeake

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Photo by Edoardo Cuoghi on Unsplash

With Galveston Bay closed to oystering, scientists test waters

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Oyster. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

La. oystermen, others challenge $2.9 billion wetlands project

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