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image: Smokey Fish Dip.

Dec 19, 2025

Do you have a holiday seafood tradition?

Enjoy these picks from our Mariner's Menu collection of kitchen-tested seafood recipes.

image: juvenile stone crab.

Aug 11, 2025

How does claw harvesting affect stone crabs?

Harvesting stone crab claws can weaken their nutritional health and raise parasite levels.
image: Classic Oyster Dressing.

Dec 23, 2024

Can the right recipe make seafood part of a great holiday meal?

Yes, it can.
image: Oysters from a feeder stream to the Chesapeake Bay, courtesy of NOAA.

Sep 9, 2024

Are sheepshead and oysters forever linked?

Thanks to the food chain, one does better in the presence of the other.
image: Hurricane Florence from ISS.

Aug 26, 2024

Do hurricanes stir up more mercury?

As the peak of hurricane season draws near, is metal toxicity in seafood an added threat? 
Top left: Three prominent ocellated spots form a triangle on the body of Gulf flounder. Top right: On summer flounder, five ocellated spots form a pattern like the five side of a die. Bottom: Southern flounder have non-ocellated spots. Courtesy of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries

Sep 11, 2023

Can You Identify North Carolina’s Three Species of Flounder?

It turns out, most anglers can’t. Luckily, NCDMF has some tips.

Jul 24, 2023

Who’s Afraid of New Seafood?

Packed with 16g of healthy protein per serving, seasoned catfish skin chips make an impact on consumers.

Jul 17, 2023

How Have Oyster Reefs Changed Over the Last Six Decades?

In a crucial North Carolina estuary, scientists combed through historical data to better understand how biodiversity and seafood supply have changed -- and will continue to change.
image: author Ernest Hemingway with Pauline, Gregory, John, and Patrick Hemingway and four marlins on the dock in Bimini, 20 July 1935.

Mar 27, 2023

Have the Mercury Levels Changed in Blue Marlin Since 1975?

A new study on blue marlin reveals whether efforts to reduce mercury emissions have been successful.
image: juvenile yellow perch.

Mar 13, 2023

Do Fish Consumption Advisories Account for Enough Harmful Chemicals?

New research suggests that fish consumption advisories should account for a broader range of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that could affect health.