To the casual observer, few things appear easier than shrimping. Most people catch them in a long-handled dip net. There are no hooks to bait, no gaffs needed. Just drive your boat around and scoop ...
It’s an ominous sign when something in the water starts “jerking around” a boat, and it started happening as Zachary Willis pulled his shrimp nets from North Carolina’s Neuse River. Clearly, he caught ...
Americans aren’t particularly enthusiastic about seafood. We eat less than half of what a Japanese or Indonesian person does. Less than one-third of the average Icelander. But there is one big ...
In August, select shrimp products were pulled off the shelves across the country over fears of contamination with cesium-137 (Cs-137), a radioactive isotope. Then, in early September, more shrimp ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More shrimp fishermen would have to use nets equipped with turtle escape hatches, to prevent sea turtle deaths, under proposed new federal rules. The National Marine Fisheries ...
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: Above: Minh Dang repairs nets on the Johnny II shrimp boat in Galveston, Texas.