Oregon’s commercial gillnet fishermen are opposed to Ballot Measure 81, which would ban them from fishing on the Columbia River. It might surprise some, however, to learn that they’re not particularly ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Environmentalists claimed victory following an agreement by the National Marine Fisheries Service to complete a new biological assessment on the state of humpback whales living in ...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities will use satellite tracking, drones, three naval bases and a fleet of small patrol boats to enforce a new gillnet fishing ban in the upper Sea of Cortes in a bid to ...

(CN) — A federal judge rebuffed a bid by the U.S. government to block Alaskans who aren’t “qualified subsistence users” from gillnet fishing on certain days along a 180-mile-long section of the ...

Residents of an isolated fishing community in the Gulf of Carpentaria say the town's survival is at the mercy of a pending Queensland government decision. Karumba is remote. Getting there often ...

Southeast salmon drift gillnet season officially closed Thursday and, with the announcement, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a brief summary of the season. Detailed numbers will be ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law aimed at protecting marine life by gradually phasing out the use of set gillnets, a type of commercial fishing gear linked to widespread ocean ...

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Dead fish, including an endangered smalltooth sawfish, are displayed on top of a cooler in Collier County Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. FWC Two Miami Gardens men are accused of using an illegal gillnet ...

Gillnetting boats sit moored at the Port of Camas-Washougal during a previous season. As Oregon and Washington try to hammer out a policy regarding the nets on the Columbia River, both gillnetters and ...

Queensland fishers say a proposal to close some waters in Far North Queensland to gill netting will result in more imported and costly seafood for consumers, but conservationists welcome the change.