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Highlights the ship Amazing Grace as it travel to waters of Georgia's Ossabaw Island for shrimp fishing. Overview of Bob Tomsom and his crew at Amazing Grace; Measurement of the ship; Decrease in shrimp fleet in Georgia; Ship's engine; Details of an open season for shrimp fishing.

Takes a look at news from fisheries across the United States, current as of January 1999. Includes National Marine Fisheries Service's second annual report to United States Congress on the status of marine fish stocks; Boycott of North Atlantic swordfish.

Reports on developments in the fishing industry in the South Atlantic States as of June 1998. Complaints against the National Marine Fisheries Service over failure to consider the economic implication of quotas for shark fishermen; Efforts of raw oyster producers to clarify health issues.

Reports on developments in the fishing industry in the United States as of October 1998. US Congress' scrapping of the proposal for Coast Guard user fees; Highlights of the Ocean Wildlife Campaign's report citing eight states for not protecting sharks.

Reports on developments concerning commercial fishery in the Gulf Coast and the South Atlantic States as of July, 1998. Includes concerns of Gulf shrimpers on the effect of red snapper regulations on their profit margins; Florida's request to halt commercial swordfishing; Dolphin limits' impact on anglers.

Reports on developments in the fishing industry across South Atlantic and the Gulf as of May 1998. Includes response of Gulf of Mexico's menhaden industry over shark issues; Citation awarded to a shrimp fisherman for a taking bomb ashore; North Carolina fishermen's urge for a regulation in the design of long haul seines. INSET: Boat of the month..

Presents news on the fishing industry. Web site created by Dwight Worker, a self-described `ship sinker and journalist,' which teaches how to sink a ship; Campaign launched by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals regarding `fish abuse.'