KAPLAN, La. — Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in…
Read more Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South’s rice and crawfish farmsCONCORD, N.H. — Imagine the buffet. Forty-thousand oysters, lobster worth $400,000 and a cache of crabmeat all were stolen in separate incidents within weeks of each other in…
Read more Oysters, crab and $400,000 worth of lobster meat stolen in New EnglandRegulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp, a historic industry that has recently fallen victim to warming oceans. New England fishermen,…
Read more New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for long haulPORTLAND, Maine — A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England. The stock has declined by…
Read more Lobster population falls off New England, leading regulators to declare overfishingThe Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is ramping up its efforts to protect the state’s lakes, rivers, and streams from aquatic invasive species. Zebra mussels are…
Read more Mussel Harvesting Reopens Along Southern Oregon Coast – KXLThousands of sea cucumbers have washed up on the beach in the Oregon coastal town of Seaside thanks to a combination of heavy surf and low tide. The…
Read more Sea cucumbers wash ashore by the thousandsPORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and…
Read more Foraging revival: How wild food enthusiasts are reconnecting with natureLOS ANGELES — A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her…
Read more Fans bid farewell to beloved California octopus Ghost as she cares for eggs in final stage of lifeWASHINGTON — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don’t have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with…
Read more How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbsWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Ned is a perfectly nice snail. If he had a dating profile, it might read: good listener, stable home, likes broccoli, seeks love. But…
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Read more Best Of Houston® 2024: Best SeafoodCASPAR BEACH, Calif. — A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning…
Read more From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promiseScientists, lawmakers, and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the…
Read more In Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for dropping numbers of the signature quahog clamMADISON, Wis. — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent…
Read more Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sitesPOINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects, transforming coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the…
Read more As US East Coast ramps up offshore wind power projects, much remains unknownTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S.…
Read more Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talksDAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Alabama officials have closed some oystering grounds in Mobile Bay, prompting complaints from harvesters. The move by the Alabama Marine Resource Division is part…
Read more Alabama closes some oystering areas, sparking complaints
