Two Miami Gardens men are accused of using an illegal gillnet over the weekend to catch a federally endangered smalltooth sawfish on the Southwest coast of the state, according to state wildlife ...

(KHNL) It's a way of life for many Hawaii residents, but the state says it needs to restrict gillnet fishing to ensure there are fish for future generations. Fisherman object, saying it's a means of ...

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 ...

Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...

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 ...

The proponents of a ballot measure to ban gillnet fishing on the lower Columbia River say they're dropping their effort to pass it and will support a compromise introduced by Gov. John Kitzhaber last ...

SKAMOKAWA — When Marty Kuller was growing up in Seward, Alaska, commercial fishermen walked tall, and little boys like Kuller looked up to them. “Growing up as a young man, the commercial fishermen ...

The Chief Minister’s announcement last week follows years of protests against gillnet fishing that has escalated in recent months, including a packed-out rally at Mindil Beach Casino in March. The ...

Protesters will rally in Home Hill this weekend, before towing their fishing boats to Ayr. See what’s got them so upset. Protesters and their supporters will assemble at the Home Hill Comfort Stop at ...

Volunteers from Petersburg were not able to free a humpback whale tangled up in a gillnet near Petersburg on Friday and Saturday. Members of Petersburg’s whale entanglement team Friday morning ...

The state government and environmental groups have heralded the end of the industry as a win for the world-heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef and its resident dugongs and sea turtles. But the ...

The world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita, remains under threat, despite the extension of a temporary ban on gillnets in the Upper Gulf of California, announced yesterday by the ...