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Blue Crab

Bay scallops in an eelgrass bed. Virginia Institute of Marine Science/Bob Orth photo.

Chesapeake seagrass beds declined 38 percent in 2019

Kirk Moore

Gulf of Mexico dead zone 2017 — The annual summer 'dead zone' off the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast reached a record-setting 8,776 square miles in 2017. NASA image.

Scientists forecast larger Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ for summer 2020

Kirk Moore

Completed in 1973, the Bonnet Carré Spillway dumped a record 1.35 trillion cubic feet of nutrient rich water from the Mississippi River into the rich oyster and fishing grounds of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Corps of Engineers photo.

Disaster relief for gulf fishing communities

Paul Molyneaux

Donald 'Spike' Haught Crew Shot June 2020 — PORT NORRIS, N.J. – Donald 'Spike' Haught on the 30-foot Crab Chaser tending crab traps on the Delaware Bay out of Maurice River, N.J.

June Crew Shot of the Month

NF Staff

Chesapeake Cove Marina — Chesapeake Bay waterman Thomas Reed Eskridge had a new engine installed and other work done on this 30'x10.5' deadrise at Chesapeake Cove Marina in Deltaville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia waterman gets help with repower and upgrades

Larry Chowning

Red snapper at the dock. Fishermen say it appears the stock is recovered, and prices to the boats were between $5 and $6 in 2019. John DeSantis photo.

Gulf & South Atlantic Market Report: 2019 Year in Review

Sue Cocking

NC crabbers get an early start as hurricane recovery continues

Maureen Donald

N.C. blue crab stocks flourish, but Hurricane Florence wiped out infrastructure

Maureen Donald

PETA maine lobster — Around 7,000 pounds of Portland, Maine-based Cozy Harbor

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Maine denies PETA request for lobster memorial

Christine Blank

Cold snap slows blue crab hauls in North Carolina

Maureen Donald

Merritt, N.C., crabber Cathy McDaniels.

Who we are: Cathy McDaniels

Maureen Donald