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An Atlantic Salmon Federation map showing Atlantic salmon migration routes to Greenland, where a 2018 agreement with ASF and other stakeholders has significantly reduced the take of salmon from US and Canadian rivers. ASF graphic.

Fisheries management and Greenland

Paul Molyneaux

Kenney Seafood and other longtime retailers in Slidell, La., won top marks from SeaD Consulting's ongoing studies to verify where seafood dealers and restaurants are selling U.S. domestic shrimp. Kenney Seafood photo.

Slidell serves up US-caught shrimp, investigators report

NF Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in shipping containers and shrimp samples from Indonesia. Shutterstock photo.

Radioactive shrimp gets consumers’ attention

Paul Molyneaux

NOAA team members adjusting a small bar TED prototype for testing. NOAA Fisheries photo/Endangered Species Act permit 20339.

Modified ‘small bar’ TEDs exclude small turtles, maintain shrimp catch

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The Black Eagle is a 65-foot, highly versatile fishing platform for the North Atlantic. The vessel can be rigged for sealing, crabbing, shrimping, trawling for turbot and redfish, and longlining cod. Jake Payne photo.

Boat of the Month: The Black Eagle

Paul Molyneaux

Blake Price, a fisheries biologist who worked with the National Marine Fisheries Service, has been named deputy director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance. Southern Shrimp Alliance photo.

Blake Price named deputy director at Southern Shrimp Alliance

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With tariffs and anti-fraud legislation pushing prices up, shrimpers are calling for swift passage of the Save Our Shrimpers Act, which would stop the U.S. from contributing billions to the World Bank for building more shrimp farms. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Moving the SOS Act

Paul Molyneaux

The Notus trawl sensor system with Echo showing the level of noise on the grate and grate angle. According to Francis Parrott, Newfoundlanders did not immediately adopt Echo. “But about 30 percent of the fleet has it now and more are getting it,” he says.

Shrimp sensor turns noise into numbers

Paul Molyneaux

A shrimp boat at Brunswick, Ga. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Southern shrimpers cheer tariffs on India shrimp imports

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Shrimp processing in South Asia. The Southern Shrimp Alliance says new trade agreements with Indonesia and Vietnam could help combat unethical practices and open markets to competitive access. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Southern shrimpers hail ‘breakthrough’ on shrimp tariffs

NF Staff

Chris Estes, owner operator of the Mr. Ellis, put a nasty hole in his boat when he hit the rock jetty in Bob Sikes Cut on his way home to Apalachicola on the night of June 25. Estes got his young crew off quickly and now has the boat ashore and under repa

Mr Ellis is down but not out

Paul Molyneaux