Fishing boats worldwide tuck dockside as diesel prices surge on Iran war

[dalton99a]

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fishing-boats-worldwide-tuck-dockside-diesel-prices-surge-iran-war-2026-05-21/

Fishing boats worldwide tuck dockside as diesel prices surge on Iran war
By Lauren Owens Lambert and Leah Douglas
May 21, 2026 6:04 AM CDT

KENNEBUNK, Maine, May 21 (Reuters) - Captain Chris Welch of Kennebunk, Maine, is catching fewer lobsters this spring because spiking diesel prices have made it too costly to take out his fishing boat as often as he normally would.

Welch is one of many fishermen around the world whose boats are spending more time at the dock this spring as soaring fuel costs, driven up by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, compromise their narrow profit margins, according to Reuters interviews with a half-dozen U.S. fishermen and fishing groups and others around the world.

The issue, stretching from Maine's rocky coast to South Korea and the Netherlands, could compound the Iran war's already ​significant threats to the global food system as surging fertilizer prices caused by blocked shipments from the Middle East lead farmers to rethink their planting plans.

Fuel is a leading expense for fishing fleets, which might require tens of thousands of gallons to fill ​their boats.

Some shrimpers on the U.S. Gulf Coast can no longer afford to fill their 15,000-gallon tanks and are skipping trips, said Deborah Long, media liaison at the Southern Shrimp Alliance.

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Stock up on your shrimp and seafood

[malaise]

1. Seafood prices are up

Madness

[dalton99a]

2. Yep.

[bif]

3. How does a fishing boat "tuck"?

[kcoates]

4. Tucking

In boating jargon, "tucking the stern" (or tucking) is a docking maneuver in which the operator turns the boat toward the dock and briefly shifts into reverse, using the propeller's thrust to swing the back (stern) safely and squarely against the pier or slip.

[bif]

8. Interesting

Thanks! I've never heard that term before.

[Blues Heron]

5. Vote woke or go broke

Lots of good old boys learning the hard way what life in a puke regime can be like.

[republianmushroom]

6. But fuel prices are just peanuts to trumps big picture

Grin and bare it. USA! USA!! USA!

[dalton99a]

7. +1. Hegseth has no problem with his seafood orgies