(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 ...

A salmon swims upstream. (Image by Cock-Robin from Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — A federal judge rebuffed a bid by the U.S. government to block Alaskans who aren’t “qualified subsistence users” ...

The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area ...

KAILUA BAY (KHNL) -- A ban has been in effect for more than a year now on Maui and parts of Oahu. Many scientists believe gillnet fishing is destructive to the fishing stock. So they are researching ...

SALEM, Ore. — The future of commercial fishing on the Columbia River is now in the hands of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission after a measure to ban gillnets failed on Election Day. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon officials have declined to ban gillnetting outright, putting the state at odds with neighboring Washington when it comes to managing protected salmon and steelhead. The Daily ...

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 ...

The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan was developed in 1997 to reduce the level of serious injury and mortality of three strategic stocks of large whales (North Atlantic right, humpback, and ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon officials have declined to ban gillnetting outright, putting the state at odds with neighboring Washington when it comes to managing protected salmon and steelhead. The Daily ...