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The Louisiana shrimp boat Miss Nan. Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The Louisiana shrimp boat Miss Nan.
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Besides its unique bow, the Viking Power also breaks new ground by using A-frames for towing and hoisting its two 14-foot dredges. Williams Fabrication photo
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Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.
Striped mullet. University of Florida photo.
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Sea turtle restoration in the Gulf of Mexico is high on the list of projects to be funded with $226 million in Deepwater Horizon damage assessment money.
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A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boat crew rescues three green sea turtles caught in 200-yards of illegal gill net fishing gear approximately a quarter mile north of the mouth of the Rio Grande River, near Brownsville, Texas, Nov.
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Fish swim around part of an old offshore oil platform re-purposed for Louisiana's artificial reef program. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo.
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The 65-foot shrimp boat Capt. M&M before it sank at the east jetty of Sabine Pass in Louisiana in September 2018.
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Kampachi Farms has used its Aquapod net pen design in a series of experiments testing offshore aquaculture methods. Kampachi Farms photo.
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Diane Wilson protests Formosa Plastics after documenting the company's discharge of billions of plastic pellets in a Texas estuary.
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Spring flooding means oyster dealers are faced with product shortages. But demand has stayed steady. Prestige Oysters photo.
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  1. Florida fisherman sentenced in dad’s beating death | Nashville Seafood Distribution
  2. House Democrats vote for offshore oil ban | Nashville Seafood Distribution
  3. Stone crab landings hit bottom | Nashville Seafood Distribution
  4. Hurricane Dorian lands a punch on Outer Banks | Nashville Seafood Distribution
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