Man pulls unfortunate victim out of shrimping net

Shrimp fishing is probably the single greatest threat to sea turtles. Shrimp trawlers drag nets that scoop up everything in their paths, with unwanted animals comprising up to 80 percent of the weight of the total catch. This practice has been devastating to sea turtles, which are air-breathers […]

Shrimping trawler thrown from the water by Hurricane Katrina

Bayou La Batre, Alabama — Of the 23 Hurricane Katrina-grounded shrimp boats a contractor began removing two months ago, only the 80-foot Rip Tide remains perched on the bayou’s muddy bank. The city’s contractor hopes to return it to the water within days. Heavy rain in the […]

Maine- The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine recently received a 22-foot Boston Whaler, the Shadow, for use as a research vessel. The craft was a gift from Bill and Georgia Fike of Greenwich, Conn. The boat was re-christened as the RV (Research Vessel)Shadow this summer during a special event in Hancock. The R.V. […]

Sheila Patek holds a Spiny lobster
A Duke University graduate student has discovered that spiny lobsters make sound using the biological equivalent of a violin - the first time such a mechanism has been found in nature. Lots of people have tried to explain how these lobsters make sounds, and most of them were wrong,” said […]

King crab continues to be in heavy supply on world markets, but the good news for Alaska harvesters is that Japanese buyers don’t really use the very large Barents Sea crab(otherwise known as Alaskan King Crab) a market experts say. “They think they’re monsters,” said John Sackton, president of Seafood.com, who is known as one […]

A warning for South Florida blue land crab lovers: While it might be that time of the year when Blue Crabs are scurrying all over the roads, taking them home is against the law. News cameras caught three different groups of people scooping up blue land crabs at the Dania Beach in southern Florida. Two […]

The Alaskan Bering Sea crab industry is pressing for a crackdown on marketing Barents Sea king crab illegally harvested by Russian boats. They are also coordinating with international efforts aimed at the illegal harvesting operations. It is estimated that 30 million pounds of illegal crab meat were brought to the market last year. The bulk […]

For 35 years Robert Allen was a lobster man. He followed the regulations and laws telling him to throw back the little ones, and save the big ones. 84% of his catch ended up back in the sea, and this got him to thinking. He decided to sell his boat, and take up another lobstering […]

Cape Town South Africa’s marine scientists have just discovered a new species of giant spiny lobster. Although the genetics of the lobster show that it is a new species, scientists say it may already have been exploited to the brink of extinction by fishermen mistaking it for another species of spiny lobster. The lobster that […]

Larry the Lobster is an intimidating 30 feet high! Built in Kingston Australia, it is the largest lobster statue ever built. It has been up for sale for several years, and residents of Kingston joke it will be for sale, until someone builds a 30 foot high cooking pot.