National Fisherman

Gulf & South Atlantic

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Miss. shrimpers struggling as season draws to close

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A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha off southern Texas Dec. 9. Coast Guard photo.

Five lancha crews nabbed in one day off south Texas

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Director of shrimp processing group accused of stealing millions

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Menhaden. Photo courtesy of Virginia Institute

La.: Pushing pogy fleet offshore could prove costly to industry

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Red snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Snapper bust off Texas nets 20 Mexican fishermen

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Captain Allen Walburn likened the NMFS requirement for vessel monitoring systems on for-hire boats to "putting an ankle bracelet on all the charter boat operators in the Gulf of Mexico." New Civil Liberties Alliance video image.

NMFS to pay $160,000 legal fees to settle Gulf charter captains’ lawsuit

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Council weighing opening shrimping in area off Fla. east coast

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A crewman was reported overboard from the fishing vessel Miss Winnie early Saturdau Dec. 2 about 138 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, La. Coast Guard photo.

Search suspended for missing fisherman in Gulf of Mexico

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The commercial fishing vessel Carol Jean pictured before sinking March 21 off Georgia. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB faults inadequate tow line, no chafing gear in Georgia sinking

No safety net for U.S. shrimpers beset by growth of shrimp farming

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The Persistence and Relentless are two of the Seafreeze Ltd. trawler fleet. Seafreeze photo.

Lawyers for Rhode Island fishermen file Supreme Court brief

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