National Fisherman

Gulf & South Atlantic

Red grouper. NOAA Fisheries photo/Caitlin Langwiser.

Major funding packages for Gulf of Mexico fisheries research, data collection

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For ZF, the partnership with Gator Tail expands the company’s portfolio into new markets. ZF photo.

New air-cooled outboard from ZF, Gator Tail Outboards

Photo courtesy of the US Coast Guard

Possible sighting of missing Ga. fishing boat stirs hope

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A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

Scientists say right whale decline may have slowed

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Photo courtesy of USCG

Search extended, families hold out hope for missing Ga. fishermen

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Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Fla. university hopes to curb shark finning

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The Coast Guard searched for the Carol Ann, a 31-foot fishing vessel, and its crew of three 80 miles offshore Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 20, 2023. Coast Guard photo.

Search continues for three fishermen 80 miles offshore

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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023, apparently the victim of a ship strike. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

Speeding ships and whales: NOAA sees progress, advocates not so much

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Highliner Jimmy Hull next to crab pots in Florida. At 68, this 2023 National Fisherman Highliner Award winner says there is nothing he would rather do in his life.

National Fisherman Highliner: Jimmy Hull

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Coral reef. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Coral bleaching off Fla. worse than scientists feared

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Photo by McKayla Crump on Unsplash

S.C. shrimpers choose leadership with eye toward import crisis

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