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a red snapper on ice at a fish market

Nov 21, 2022

What Do Anglers Think of the Great Red Snapper Count?

Researchers wanted to learn more about people’s views related to the accuracy of the count and the science behind it.

Nov 14, 2022

Do Self-Releasing Hooks Minimize Fish Injuries During Catch-and-Release?

A bite-shortened hook, designed to release fish without handling, shows promise.

Nov 7, 2022

Are Young Great Whites Swimming Coastal Carolina Waters?

New research shows these sharks might not be spending their winters where we expected. 

Oct 31, 2022

How Much Ocean Floor Off the Southeast Coast Do Natural Reefs Occupy?

And how much more territory belongs to natural reefs than to artificial reefs?
image: A ruddy turnstone on the shore of the Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Credit: Kate Perez/CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Oct 24, 2022

How Do Restored Oyster Reefs Stack Up Against Live Oyster Reefs?

Any angler who has spent time in the estuaries of North Carolina has seen bags of oyster shells and layers of repaired oyster reefs. As you’ve steered your vessel around restored reefs, have you ever wondered whether they actually function like natural reefs?

image: Southern flounder.

Oct 17, 2022

Is Climate Change Making More Flounder Male Than Female?

A new study looks at why populations of southern flounder are declining in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico.
Bluefish illustration.

Oct 10, 2022

Do Contaminants Affect the Bluefish Population?

Scientists looked at whether PCBs and pesticides are leaving a chemical "fingerprint.”
illustration: Passive acoustic recorders and seining were used to investi- gate long-term patterns of fish courtship sounds and their relationship to young-of-the-year appearance and abundance, credit: Claire Mueller.

Oct 3, 2022

Can the Sounds of Courting Fish Help Predict the Number of Offspring?

South Carolina scientists compared underwater fish sounds and environmental data with the numbers of young fish they collected.
image: Gulf Coast red tide. Credit: NOAA.

Sep 26, 2022

What Can Twitter Tell Us About Red Tides?

A new study compared tweets and scientific counts of algae during a year-long red tide.

Sep 12, 2022

Do Wildlife Management Areas Support Local Businesses? 

New research shows how visitors to wildlife management areas — including hunters, anglers, and boaters — make significant contributions to the local and statewide economy.