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BOEM outlines two Oregon wind energy areas

Kirk Moore

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/863f5797143f1ec727e179e87289e834.jpg — Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Editorial: Commercial fishing avoids being gaffed once more

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The Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway twice in 2019 to divert flood waters headed down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. Corps of Engineers photo.

Mississippi opens financial aid for fishermen affected by 2019 Bonnet Carré diversion

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/5e1050d2d57604c6f11a03f90bdc70a0.jpg — Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash

La. shrimpers, legislators unite to protect U.S. fisheries

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/955b54d22e623fe1e63c8001653f5a61.jpg — Photo by Dana Tentis: https://www.pexels.com/photo/three-cooked-shrimps-on-can-725992/

Shrimpers forecast: high volume, low profits

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BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM to seek fisheries funds for Gulf of Mexico wind leases

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Jerry Sansom served as executive director of the Organized Fishermen of Florida for more than 40 years. Photo courtesy Jerry Sansom.

National Fisherman Highliner: Jerry Sansom

Kirk Moore

Book review: Death of a Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/bfa605348b76b57af3bdf0de325ba6c6.jpg — Photo by Dana Tentis: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cooked-shrimp-with-noodles-725997/

Georgia history project highlights shrimpers

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Fishery disasters declared for Louisiana and Mississippi

What was supposed to be an At Sea story turned into a Not At Sea story, as Louisiana shrimpers keep their boats at the dock in the face of prices too low for them to turn a profit. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Shrimp imports threaten U.S. Gulf fleet

Paul Molyneaux