News, articles, photos, and other information about commercial fishing in North America.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the state’s commercial and recreational shrimping season in state waters closed on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Under the closure, all food shrimp harvesting activities, including trawling, cast netting and seining, are … Continued
In January, unusually cold weather caused water temperatures to plummet along coastal South Carolina and Georgia. The sustained cold water temperatures resulted in fish kills and die offs of white shrimp, a valuable commercial fishery in South Carolina and Georgia. … Continued
Washington State’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open in coastal waters Jan. 15 after a six-week delay, according to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). WDFW fishery managers approved the opening in coordination with fishery managers from Oregon and … Continued
On July 28, 2016, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced that the 2016 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 1st, in the remainder of state inside waters except for the open … Continued
NOAA Fisheries has announced that federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will open to shrimp trawling at 30 minutes after official sunset, local time, on July 15, 2016, corresponding to the time Texas opens its waters … Continued
Shrimpers reported good catches on June 6th, the opening day of the 2016 Mississippi shrimp season, according to Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR). “The fishermen that braved the weather reported decent catches of 50-60/60-70 brown shrimp with a good … Continued