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Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of An American Fishing Town

Winter 2007

A blue crab in the sand

Dec 1, 2007

SEA SCIENCE: No One Ring: Testing The Effects Of Cull Rings On Crab Landings

Under a blue September sky, Phil Smith is hard at work, harvesting blue crabs under the Cape Fear River. "They are fantastic creatures," he says, predicting:  "If we all dropped off the face of the Earth and all there was was nice and clean water, crabs would be so abundant" their shells would fill coastal waters.
Oriental Harbour

Dec 1, 2007

ONE-STOP SERVICE: Marine Parks Cater to Boaters

When True World Marine president Takeru Kamiyama began looking for a new location for a manufacturing facility, intuition told him that a North Carolina site would meet his needs.
Sara Mirabilio

Dec 1, 2007

Curbing the Import Appetite: Selling American Shrimp in the U.S. Market

Pink shrimp. Brown shrimp. White shrimp. Ecuadorian shrimp. Vietnamese shrimp. Can you tell the difference?  Most Americans can't. But who cares? Shrimp is shrimp, right?
Members of Thompson family with fishing net

Dec 1, 2007

Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of An American Fishing Town

For centuries, small-scale commercial fishers have ventured forth into the Atlantic to hunt for shrimp and finfish. Recently, they forces of modernity — from ever-tightening regulations to a rise im imported seafood to explosive coastal growth — have threatened their proud way of life.