Carli Stewart

1 week ago | nationalfisherman.com | Carli Stewart

Tucked alongside the Red River, Alexandria, Louisiana, visitors and diners might want to take a closer look at the shrimp they are ordering. A recent investigation by SEAD Consulting has revealed that when it comes to shrimp, the odds of getting the real Gulf deal are a fifty-fifty shot. SEAD, using its field-based RIGHTTest genetic technology, tested shrimp dishes from 24 restaurants across Alexandria and nearby Pineville on June 3-4, 2025.

1 week ago | nationalfisherman.com | Carli Stewart

Maine took a significant step to safeguard its working waterfronts as Governor Janet Mills signed into law a measure sponsored by Representative Morgan Rielly (D-Westbrook). The legislation, LD 1245, will create a Working Waterfront Advisory Council and establish the Working Waterfront Information and Technical Assistance Fund within the Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA). The new law, signed on June 11, aims to address challenges impacting the state’s coastal communities.

1 week ago | nationalfisherman.com | Carli Stewart

From Gulf of Maine draggers to deep-sea pair trawlers, the push to modernize New England’s trawl gear has met a familiar wall: cost. Paul Nosworthy, owner of New England Marine Engineering and Supply Inc., knows the numbers better than most. “The back end of a midwater trawl — just the codend — costs around $40,000,” said Nosworthy. “Then you’ve got the sweep, the ground cables, the head section. All of that adds up.

2 weeks ago | nationalfisherman.com | Carli Stewart

When Sandra Staples-Bortner set out to write Finest Kind: Tales of a Brant Rock Lobsterman, she wasn’t chasing a bestseller, she was simply trying to capture her father’s stories before they slipped away. “My dad was always telling stories,” she said. “More about his Navy days, really. He was obsessed with those stories in his 80s, telling them over and over again. My brother, who lived nearby and saw him frequently, was getting overwhelmed.

2 weeks ago | nationalfisherman.com | Carli Stewart

The final and perhaps most alarming chapter in the first round of SEAD Consulting’s eight-state seafood fraud investigation has been published, revealing that a staggering 90 percent of Charleston, S.C. restaurants tested were found to be serving imported shrimp, often under the pretense that it was local and wild-caught.