Georgia's shrimpers are already facing plenty of challenges like high gas prices, inflation and international competition. But climate change is exacerbating a new problem: black gill, a parasite that ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Wild shrimp hauls off the southern Atlantic coast have plunged in recent months as a parasite has made it harder for the creatures to breathe, according to state ...

A study -- "Eaten alive: cannibalism enhanced by parasites" -- was published in Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. It describes how parasites can drive cannibalism in freshwater ...

Wassaw Sound Estuary, GA.—The fall of 2013 should have been a blessing for Georgia shrimpers. A bacterial infection had wiped out the Asian shrimp farms that drove many Americans out of business.

Scour the salt marshes of Plum Island Estuary in Massachusetts and you’re likely to spot bright orange shrimp lurking among the vegetation and detritus. That unusual hue is a sign that a shrimp has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Left to right) Isaac Martin, Timmy Stubbs and Aaron Drake examine shrimp brought up in nets from the Wassaw Sound. Georgia's ...