Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

MONTEREY — An environmental nonprofit out of Monterey is applauding this year’s state budget that is funding a transition away from deadly gill-net fishing by awarding commercial fishermen cash for ...

Ten Atlanta residents are accused of using illegal gill nets to catch more than 500 pounds of fish and sharks near a major bridge in Florida, wildlife officials said. In a news release, the Florida ...

Four men were caught illegally fishing in a Collier County section of the Big Cypress National Preserve last month, according to the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officers allegedly ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to vote on a proposal to ban commercial fishing with gill nets on the main stem of the lower Columbia River. The commission will hear public ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. – The commercial flounder season opens for mobile gears tomorrow, and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding gill net fishermen that an Estuarine Gill Net Permit (EGNP) ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - On a typical sunset cruise last week in Brunswick County, Charter Captain Jeff Williamson saw something that caught his eye and it just didn’t look right. It was a cluster of ...

Some changes to fishing could be on the way, and it may impact fishing in the Great Lakes in Northern Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced December 2022 a proposed update ...