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Shortly before 5 a.m. on March 24, Janet Greene's phone rang in her North Carolina home. A light sleeper, she grabbed it on the first ring, knowing it was likely to be from Royal Smith Jr., a commercial fisherman who had two sons with her daughter, Stacy.
Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.
A fishing boat that sank off the Alaska coast last year most likely lost its rudder, then flooded and went down, killing five crew members, federal safety officials said Wednesday.
The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during major cutbacks to reverse long-standing problems with overfishing and to protect the seafloor from damage caused by bottom trawling gear.
A group of 91 countries reached an agreement Tuesday on a U.N.-backed treaty that aims to leave those engaged in illegal fishing without a safe haven.
President Barack Obama didn't let thunderstorms and unseasonably cool weather stop him from learning how to fish for Montana's famous trout during his weekend trip to the rustic West and its national parks.
Gulls shrieked overhead as Bob Hall lugged a pair of plastic 5-gallon gas cans down the dock to fill up his fishing boat, then hopped on a golf cart and headed to a gas station for another load.
Citing delays in identifying a scallop boat as it sank in the Atlantic Ocean in March, the federal government is contacting nearly a quarter of a million boaters, urging them to make sure their emergency position locators are correctly registered in a rescue database.
No one fishes for krill off the West Coast, and federal fisheries managers want to keep it that way so the tiny shrimp-like creatures remain as plentiful as possible as food for whales, salmon, and seabirds.
People have tossed hooks and lines into the New England tides since long before there was a Cape Cod Canal for Eddie Pachucki to fish in. So Pachucki, casting into the canal's current for striped bass, couldn't fathom why he'd soon owe the state for the privilege.
The Coast Guard says a scallop boat fishing off New Jersey near where another boat sank in March with the loss of six crew members has picked up a badly decomposed body in its nets.
Royal Smith Sr. tried to tell a Coast Guard hearing Thursday how he and his sons made safety modifications to the scallop boat they bought in 2001 — a vessel that sank in March.
State police say a New Jersey dentist was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he fished from a trestle in northern New York.
The winter flounder, a bottom-dweller with both eyes on the right side of its head, isn't the most profitable New England fish but it's suddenly become one of the most important— and fishermen say that's all wrong.
The Coast Guard says a New Jersey man initially listed as missing and presumed dead in the March 24 sinking of a scallop boat did not board the vessel and is alive. A man who replaced him on the crew is now officially listed among the victims.
French fishermen allowed traffic to resume to three English Channel ports Thursday after receiving a government promise of euro4 million ($5.27 million) in aid, but they vowed to keep up their fight against European fishing quotas.
Relatives of four fishermen missing off New Jersey's coast said Thursday they have hired a private dive team to search the sunken wreck for the bodies of their loved ones.
Environmental activists are suing the federal government for allegedly failing to prevent longline fishing fleets from repeatedly accidentally catching a rare whale species off Hawaii.
When a fisherman reels in a high-caliber catch, should he take up hunting? Two Arkansas fishermen will have to answer that question after one of them hooked a shotgun while angling on a lake in northeast Arkansas.
In a move aimed at limiting harm to Arctic waters opened by global warming, a federal advisory board voted Thursday to ban commercial fishing north of the Bering Strait off Alaska's coast.
President George W. Bush already has a place to vacation after he leaves office.
The U.S. government said Tuesday that a half-dozen foreign nations are engaging in illegal or unregulated fishing.
The Coast Guard says the bodies of two fishermen have been found after their trawler sank in the waters off Gloucester.
Recreational saltwater anglers who were supposed to register with the federal government by January are off the hook for a year.
When Arthur Sawyer was a teenager, fishing boats packed Gloucester harbor, and all you had to do to land a job on the waterfront was ask. On a late fall afternoon 40 years later, Sawyer's boat, Miss Carla, was one of the few working vessels around.
Something fishyMore4 News discovers that illegal fishing is rife, with hundreds of French boats catching cod illegally in British waters while receiving millions of pounds in EU subsidies. Watch the report.
Fishing bandits ripping millions out of Hunter watersBLACKMARKET and illegal fishing costs the region millions and wreaks untold damage on fish stocks and the environment.
Meetings are set for spring Chinook, sturgeon rules on Columbia RiverOfficials with the Oregon and Washington departments of Fish and Wildlife have set up meetings Thursday and Nov.
Fishing ReportHatchery coho salmon are still providing most of the action on the lower Columbia River, although bank anglers fishing for sturgeon immediately below Bonneville Dam are also catching fish, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Fishermen Rescued After 6 Hours In Icy SeaBOSTON -- Two missing Wellfleet fishermen were rescued by Coast Guard crews Wednesday night in the waters off Cape Cod, hours after their vessel broke apart in heavy seas, pitching them into icy waters in pouring rain.
Protected blue groper fish slaughteredTHEY are majestic swimmers and friendly, making blue gropers a favourite among Sydney snorkellers. However that same lack of fear has led to the death of 15 of the fish in what authorities have described as one of the worst alleged fishing crimes they have encountered.
BBC NEWS | UK | My school journey by bike, ferry and busAround the world millions of children have to go to great lengths to get a proper education. In the fourth report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Lorna Gordon talks to 11-year-old Jordan, whose long journey to school every morning involves a bike ride, a ferry, and a bus.
Fly Fishing From a WheelchairCoverage of the Adaptive Fly Fishing Institute by a wheelchair blogger.
Shark fin ban ends cruel slaughterA ban on shark finning in UK waters is to be introduced by the government, ministers will announce this week.
Ban shark fishing......?Can I ask that we at least attempt to play grownup and focus on why there should be a ban on fishing for sharks?
Near-record steelhead runThis is shaping up to be a hallmark year for steelheaders, with the return of sea-run trout at near-record levels. Through Tuesday, 127,413 steelhead were counted at Lower Granite Dam, 35 miles west of Clarkston on the Snake River.
Poll shows widespread opposition to Pebble MinePoll showing opposition to the ill-conceived Pebble Mine...
Mediterranean EU countries block bluefin tuna banMalta, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal block ban at Brussels meeting despite support from 21 EU governments.
Giant squid netted in Gulf of MexicoUS scientists in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly netted a 5.9-metre giant squid off the coast of Louisiana, the Interior Department said, showing how little is known about life in the deep waters of the Gulf.
Prize winning new fishing system to save thousands of seabirdsA team of Australian inventors has been awarded the $30,000 grand prize in the International WWF Smart Gear Competition for a fishing gear innovation that could save thousands of seabirds from dying accidentally on long-lines each year.
A fishy tale as two hook $100,000TWO teenage boys on a fishing trip have landed the catch of a lifetime, reeling in almost $100,000 cash from a northern NSW creek.
High-tech fishing devices wipe out tunaENVIRONMENT groups are calling for a permanent ban on ''deadly'' artificial fishing devices used to attract huge tuna catches in the Pacific after scientific reports found that stocks of bigeye tuna are collapsing.
Boys reel in $100,000 on fishing tripIN the ultimate case of the one that got away, two teenage boys have handed police $100,000 they found during a fishing trip on the NSW north coast.
Coho, pink salmon catch remains hot in Puget SoundThere appears to be no end in sight just yet for the good coho and pink fishing in Puget Sound. "The amount of pinks that are still out there along with the good coho fishing has been unbelievable," said Steve Kesling, owner of Adventure Charters in Shilshole Bay.
Salmon Give Canada-Bound Fishermen Run for Their MoneyDespite low salmon numbers in many North American fishing areas, Canadian salmon fishing showed surprisingly good numbers and a strong finish to a healthy fishing season. Due to poor spawning returns in 2008, many fishing areas in the northwestern United States launched the 2009 …
Fisherman Finds Piranha In Lake WinnebagoLAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. -- A Lake Winnebago fisherman got a big surprise during his latest fishing trip.
Great Article and Discussion on Gear ReviewsPhil Monahans wrote an article about the tough intricacies of writing and publishing gear reviews in print media over at Midcurrent.com that has sparked a frank discussion of the topic complete with some "fresh" ideas.
Changing The Course Of Nature: Are Fisheries Directing The Evolution Of Fish Populations?By repeatedly choosing only the biggest fish, or only those found in certain habitats, the fisheries industry may be permanently altering the genetic composition of fish populations.
Filet-O-Bleck!The answer to the eternal mystery of what makes up a Filet-O-Fish sandwich turns out to involve an ugly creature from the sunless depths of the Pacific, whose bounty, it seems, is not limitless.
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