Recent Noaa Fisheries Articles

The State of the Cast: Why Recreational Fishing in the Southeast Is at a Turning Point For millions of Americans who load up their boats before sunrise, rig their rods at the dock, and push offshore into the warm green water off the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, fishing isn't a hobby — it's an

The Fall of the Reef Donkey: How the Gulf's Greater Amberjack Fishery Collapsed — and What Comes Next For anyone who has ever dropped a heavy jig to the bottom around a Gulf of Mexico oil platform and felt what happens next — the sudden, freight-train surge, the burning drag, the rod bent nearly t