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Fishing the Deep-Blue Sea: New Federal Permit Required for Highly Migratory Species

Early Summer 2004

Richard Neal and volunteer David Wood attach solar panels to Frying Pan Tower.

May 1, 2004

Frying Pan Shoals: Light Tower Evokes Bygone Era

While standing on a charter boat far out in the Atlantic, Mike Allen points to the 125-foot Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower that was once his home away from home.
A marlin on the dock of the Morehead City Wa

May 1, 2004

Fishing the Deep-Blue Sea: New Federal Permit Required for Highly Migratory Species

"When fishing for marlin, you can sit around four or five hours and nothing happens," says John Graves, a recreational angler and chairman of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's Department of Fish Science.