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142 interviews·Updated Friday, July 10, 2026
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Featured interview
Featured · Video
Captains
“The data is finally catching up to what we’ve seen on the water for years.”

Capt. Dale Rourke on three decades in the Gulf, the allocation fight, and why he believes electronic reporting could finally settle it, if the councils let it.

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Capt. Dale Rourke
Commercial captain · Bayou La Batre
Video Audio Transcript 38 min

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Capt. Dale Rourke
Capt. Dale Rourke
Commercial captain · Bayou La Batre
Captains

The data is finally catching up to the fleet

VideoAudio
Dr. Elena Marsh
Dr. Elena Marsh
Fisheries scientist · Gulf States Marine
Scientists

Rebuilding timelines and the limits of the models

VideoTranscript
Hon. Robert Vance
Hon. Robert Vance
Council member · South Atlantic
Council Members

Allocation reform, public access, and the slow road to consensus

AudioTranscript
Grace Hale
Grace Hale
Seafood dealer · Fulton Market
Seafood Dealers

What traceability rules will mean for the people who move the fish

VideoTranscript
Sen. María Delgado
Sen. María Delgado
Policymaker · Coastal caucus
Politicians

Inside the Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization, and what's really at stake

Audio
Tomás Reyes
Tomás Reyes
Industry leader · Gulf Seafood Institute
Industry Leaders

Markets, labor, and building a fleet the next generation can join

VideoAudioTranscript
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