Commercial fishermen across Florida are sounding the alarm about the future of the commercial fishing industry and whether seafood that comes fresh from the state can survive.
Commercial fishermen clear waterways of debris left behind from Hurricane Ian there are submerged boats, mobile homes, tree limbs, roofs, decks, chemicals and 1.3 billion pounds Matlacha Pine Island
Capt. Casey Streeter’s crew is waist deep in the commercial icebox on its 36-foot Thompson boat. Ice is shoveled overboard, while fish are pulled from the ice into bins, some separated by size and others by species. What was once a dry surface on the ice box and boat floor is now covered with melted ice and the occasional drop of blood.