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Higher Red Snapper 'Target' for Now Permanent

The change means that the 2020 charter boat season for red snapper is likely seven or eight days longer than normal.

In this Dec. 5, 2014 file photo, Andrea Hance, Texas Shrimp Association executive director, poses with a TED, or turtle excluder device, on board a shrimp boat at the Brownsville Shrimp Basin in Brownsville, TX.

Sea Turtles/Shrimp Nets Plan Downsized

A plan to make more shrimpers include sea turtle escape hatches in their nets has been vastly scaled back.

Lawmakers Back Fisheries Disaster Request

They claim that freshwater flooding into saltwater ecosystems has killed oysters, hurt fish catches and damaged livelihoods.

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Pricey Tea a Growing Niche in U.S., Canada

There's money to be made because more Americans are willing to pay premium prices for what they consider top quality, said tea consultant Nigel Melican.