May 13, 2024

The legendary crab picker of Belhaven

Hidden on the back roads between Bath and Swan Quarter, Belhaven seems to float on the intersection of Pantego Creek and Pungo River. Driving to Goldring Satchell’s home near downtown

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Apr 12, 2024

4 ways to get your soft-shell crab fix in North Carolina

Hurry! Soft-shell crab season doesn't last long if you want them fresh. You have from early April to June to get the ultimate blue crab treat in North Carolina.

Soft-shell

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Feb 12, 2024

8 Black-owned seafood markets to shop in North Carolina

Black culture has a widespread influence on North Carolina seafood cookery, from whole, bone-in fried spots and croakers to Gullah Geechee traditions that reach into the state’s far southeast

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Feb 08, 2024

Tyrone Hightower's wild ride into the seafood business

Tyrone Hightower is a go-to around Raleigh, N.C. for everything you want to know about buying and cooking N.C. seafood, but it was a wild ride to get there.

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Feb 08, 2024

Kory Reeves: The man who carves the 1,000-pound tunas

When monster tunas, up to 1,000 pounds, start running off the Outer Banks, Kory Reeves and his team sharpen their knives.

A lot of knives.

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Feb 08, 2024

The Fish Man: How a 14-year-old shrimper grew up to become a worldwide charter boat captain

By the time John Mallette started dropping a line off Ocean City Pier in the late ’70s, segregation had been illegal for 15 years. But a clear division

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