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Electronic Data Collection Gives New Hope to South Texas Charter Fisherman
Quartro Wieboldt, a South Texas charter for-hire fisherman, grew up spending time fishing from the Thunderbird, a local charter boat still operating on South Pardre. He feels the tragedy with Gulf red...
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New Gulf Oyster Hatchery Opens in Bayou State
As John Supan, the director of Louisiana’s Sea Grant Oyster Research Laboratory and oyster specialist for the LSU Agricultural Center, prepares for the first season of production at the state’s new $3...
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GSI Helps Gulf Charter Captains Take the Lead with $2.25 Million Technology...
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced their selection a grant for $2.25 million for Gulf Seafood Institute (GSI) Founding Member CLS America to administer a program for approximately 350...
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McNeely Zaritsky Leaves Gulf States Seafood Marketing Coalition for Private...
Joanne McNeely Zaritsky, the former Marketing Director of the Gulf State Marketing Coalition, was regularly on Capitol Hill walking the halls of Congress for Gulf Seafood. Photo: Ed Lallo/Newsroom Ink...
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Gulf Oil Spill Science Outreach Answers Unanswered Questions
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, fishermen, visitors and residents of the Gulf coast are still filled with unanswered question about what exactly happened during the spill and the...
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GSI Leads Support Preserving Access to Gulf Red Snapper for All Americans
The Gulf Seafood Institute has joined representatives from across the national seafood supply chain to continue educating key Members of Congress on the importance of preserving federal management of...
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TV Production Company Searches for Multi-Generational Fishing Family
by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor Is fishing in your blood? Have you been raised on the ocean with a “fish or die” mentality? Are you a hardworking commercial fishing family determined to keep your...
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Finalists Selected for Florida’s Gulf Coast Innovation Challenge
University of South Florida College of Marine Science researchers, a seafood wholesaler, a Sarasota restaurateur, and a family of commercial fishermen aim to develop a trap allowing for...
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Texas Attorney General Files Oyster Lawsuit Against Chambers Liberty County...
By Ed Lallo, Gulf Seafood News Editor Storm clouds circling Galveston Bay have collided releasing what promises to be a hurricane of paperwork, legal wrangling and an inevitable end to the “Battle for...
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GSI Opens Membership As Influence Grows
After a very successful two-year Founding Member period, GSI is now initiating its standing, long-term dues structure recently approved by the Board of Directors. With this new dues structure, GSI will...
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Gulf Council Shifts Red Snapper Quota From Commercial to Recreational Sector
In a highly contested vote, the Gulf Council voted to remove snapper quota from the commercial fishery while allocating additional quota to the recreational sector. Photo: Galveston Sea Ventures by Ed...
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Homeland Security Commissioner Kerlikowske Meets With Gulf Seafood
Members of the Gulf Seafood Institute joined a Gulf seafood and agriculture panel in New Orleans to inform US Customs and Border Patrol, Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, of pressing seafood issues like...
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Off-Bottom Caged Oysters Rise to Top In Louisiana
by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor Jules Melancon’s oysters are changing the playing field for a Gulf oyster industry in decline since Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon spill. These...
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Granger Family Committed to Quality Gulf Shrimp and Shrimpers
Selling shrimp from a shop in the back of her house, Cheryl Granger are on a mission to elevate the quality of shrimping in the Gulf. Photo: Ed Lallo/Newsroom Ink by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor...
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First Major Gulf Oyster Hatchery Revs Up Production on Grand Isle
Member of the University of Florida’s Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program view LSU Sea Grants Voisin Oyster Hatchery’s off-bottom oyster bed while attending a meeting of the Gulf Coast Oyster...
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GSI’s Newest Member Jennifer Young is International Seafood Safety Specialist
Sitting on a beach enjoying the sunset on a remote Pacific island has been a perk enjoyed by Jennifer Young during her last seven years as a food safety specialist based in Hawaii, but in her heart she...
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Gulf’s First Oyster Farmer Continues to Grow
Starting as a volunteer oyster gardener way back at the turn of the century – that’s the year 2000 for those with short memory – Steve Crockett planted the first off-bottom oysters in the Gulf as a...
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Sea Grant Pubs Focus on the Deepwater Horizon Impact on Gulf Fisheries
In recent years, the Gulf of Mexico fishing industry has been negatively impacted by several disasters. Record–breaking hurricanes—Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike—demolished infrastructure such as fish...
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Paul Prudhomme, Big Easy Chef Who Led Cajun Cooking Revolution, Dead at 75
In the days following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Chef Paul Prudhomme (r) joined other chefs (r-l) including Chicago Chef Rick Tramonto and Chef Chris Lusk to inform the public on the importance...
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Florida Charter Boat Captains Challenged to Step Up for Better Fishery...
“As a fishermen I can guarantee you the chickens will come home to roost. There is very little time to get fishery management right,” said Florida federally permitted captain Mike Colby of Clearwater....
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