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Despite a ban on wild caught shrimp from fisheries in many countries, due to begin on Jan. 1, the Southern Shrimp Alliance points out that the countries that supply most of the shrimp to the USA have been given a pass. Paul Molyneaux photo.

NOAA Fisheries falls short on shrimp

Paul Molyneaux

Louisiana shrimp captain Acy Cooper talks about the history and slow decline on the Gulf shrimp fishery in the film 'The Last of the Shrimpers.' Last of the Shrimpers image.

‘Last of the Shrimpers’ premiers in New Orleans

Paul Molyneaux

Horseshoe crabs come ashore by the thousands to breed in spring at Mispillion Harbor, Del., and other Delaware Bay beaches. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Gregory Breese photo.

NY fishermen say horseshoe crab management is working

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The R/V Virginia, the primary research vessel for the Chesapeake Bay Multispecies Monitoring and Assessment Program. Matthew Farnham photo/VIMS.

Chesapeake Bay study shows biodiversity key to stable fisheries

Shoulder, wrist, and elbow issues are common among fishermen. David McLain photo.

Work like a fisherman, recover like an athlete

Monique Coombs

Oysters to be used for restoration are grown at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory in Oxford, Md. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.

Maryland oysters a restoration success

The research vessel Connecticut trails behind the OSV Mahoney as both vessels circle the alkalinity-enhanced patch, dyed red with rhodamine tracer for visibility. Sarah Schumann photo.

Gulf of Maine sees first open-water ocean alkalinity enhancement field trial in US

Sarah Schumann

Fishermen train in survival suits during an exercise with the Alaska Marine Safety and Education Association, now at risk from federal budget cuts. Since AMSEA began safety training in 1985 fishing fatalities are more than 80 percent lower. AMSEA photo.

Healthy fishermen for a healthy America‬

The Lower Granite Dam, in southeastern Washington, is the furthest upstream dam on the Snake River equipped with a fish ladder, enabling adult salmon and steelhead to continue their migration upstream. Photo by Noe Gonzalez / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District.

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Snake River showdown over salmon and power

Jerry Fraser

Among the last from a greatly diminished fleet of local boats in Patonga, NSW, Austrailia, the Van Der Neut brothers, Joshua and Dane, continue fishing their 38-foot trawler, Lindy, with help from their father, Thomas. Neutical Media photo.

Consolidation isn’t conservation

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of Florida Sea Grant / NOAA Fisheries

The Gulf’s red snapper decline is real