News
Industry updates and reporting from the docks to the council table, the stories shaping access, management, and the working waterfront, updated through the day.
Who Owns America's Fish?
Inside the decades-long fight over how the nation's most valuable fisheries are divided, and why a quiet allocation formula now decides who fishes, who profits, and who gets left at the dock.
Where the dock dollar actually goes
Inside the margins between the boat, the dealer, and the plate.
Descending-device requirement takes effect this month
Charter boats add the gear as the rule comes into force.
Descend-and-release adoption keeps climbing
Anglers embrace the tools that cut release mortality.
Amendment 59 allocation revision clears Gulf Council
The sector split moves forward on an 11-6 vote after a long debate.
Gulf Council opens comment on Amendment 59
The allocation revision moves to public comment, with hearings scheduled across four Gulf states this spring.
Insurance costs become the season's quiet story
Premiums climb faster than bookings for many operators.
