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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.
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Data Study
A decade of permit transfers, mapped
Who bought, who sold, and where access concentrated.
By Dana Whitfield · 2mos ago
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
Data Study
Ex-vessel value by species, a ten-year view
What the long arc of dock prices reveals about the fleet.
By Dana Whitfield · 2mos ago
Investigation
The slow erosion of the working waterfront
Parcel by parcel, the dock is disappearing.
By Marisa Cole · 2mos ago
Explainer
Magnuson-Stevens, in plain language
The law that governs U.S. fisheries, decoded.
By Robert Vance · 2mos ago
