Dennis Speck, 30, of Port St. Lucie is going to need a lot of melted butter. While diving Sunday, Speck bagged a spiny
lobster that weighed 9 pounds! He said he was diving off Fort Pierce along a ledge of live reef in about 20 feet of water.
Shrimp tracking tag
Bigger, stronger generation of shrimp
Researchers at the Oceanic Institute at Makapuu are reporting dramatic success in breeding shrimp to increase their size and resistance to disease. The findings spell good news for Hawaii’s $2.8 million shrimp farm business, and particularly for the highly popular penaeid family of shrimp, a $9.7 billion industry worldwide, […]
9 lb lobster along side 1 lb lobster
A creel fisherman has caused a bit of a stir in shellfish circles after landing a whopper of a lobster. John Cameron was stunned to find the 9 pound specimen when he hauled up one of his lobster creels off his home port of Lybster, England. About 19 […]
Large pink salmon
A species of salmon not known to spawn in Oregon streams was found in Rock Creek, a tributary of Devils Lake. A Pink Salmon, also known as a humpback, was found on Nov. 30 along the shores of the lower reach of Rock Creek by bio-surveyor Kip Wood. Wood and fellow biosurveyor Mark […]
Lobster take an average of 7 years to reach legal catch size
Nova Scotia - Two fishermen from Nova Scotia’s Shelburne County have been handed hefty fines in connection with possession of illegal lobsters. David Link was penalized $6,500 for having 69 undersized lobsters . Fishery officers discovered the haul at the Clarkes Harbour wharf last […]
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Eating seafood during pregnancy help child’s development. Mothers-to-be who ate the most fish had children who scored the highest IQ, revealed by researchers. National Institutes of Health researcher Dr. Joseph Hibbeln and his team concluded that “the harm [from mercury in fish] is unlikely to be greater than the overall benefits of nutrients […]
Beautiful white, and blue and red lobsters in aquarium
Decorator Crab draped with seaweed
Kachemak Bay has an amazingly diverse array of crabs, with nearly 30 species identified to date. Of these, one of the most intriguing is the graceful decorator crab (Oregonia gracilis). Looking a bit like a fat-bodied spider, this crab is most easily recognized by the “clothes” it wears — a collection […]
Bull Shark
Fort Myers Beach, Fl - A shrimp boat crew says they are lucky to be alive after their ship was attacked by a bull shark. Captain Roger Schmall says dealing with sharks is nothing new for shrimpers, but what happened on January 29th was anything but normal. Around 3:30 a.m. about 100 miles off […]
Stone Crab Trap
A former Everglades City fisherman has been arrested in connection with what authorities are calling the biggest theft of crab traps in Florida history. Joseph Patrick Marcellino, 41, a former employee of City Seafood in Everglades City, was arrested Jan. 23 on charges of unlawful possession of three or more saltwater fisheries traps […]