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Who Owns America's Fish?
Lead storyInvestigation

Who Owns America's Fish?

Inside the decades-long fight over how the nation's most valuable fisheries are divided, and why a quiet allocation formula now decides who fishes, who profits, and who gets left at the dock.

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Capt. Paul and Marisa Cole
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Filter All Public Access Seafood Markets NOAA Marine Science Permits Red Snapper 63 stories · sorted by latest
Markets, labor, and building a fleet the next generation can join
Interview

Markets, labor, and building a fleet the next generation can join

Tomás Reyes on markets, labor, and building a fleet the next generation can join.

By Capt. Paul · 2mos ago
A decade of permit transfers, mapped
Data Study

A decade of permit transfers, mapped

Who bought, who sold, and where access concentrated.

By Dana Whitfield · 2mos ago
Why this platform will keep publishing the numbers
Editorial

Why this platform will keep publishing the numbers

Transparency is the cheapest accountability there is.

By The Editors · 2mos ago
The case for paying to protect the working waterfront
Guest Voice

The case for paying to protect the working waterfront

Dock access is infrastructure. Treat it like infrastructure.

By Priya Nadkarni · 2mos ago
Who Owns America's Fish?, the full investigation
Series

Who Owns America's Fish?, the full investigation

A six-month review of council records, landings data, and permit transfers, collected into one long-form report.

By Capt. Paul · 2mos ago
Red snapper, explained: seasons, science, and politics
Explainer

Red snapper, explained: seasons, science, and politics

The reference guide to the Gulf's most fought-over fish.

By Dr. Elena Marsh · 2mos ago
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