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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The National Marine Fisheries Service this week declined to issue a required marine mammal “take” permit for California’s swordfish drift gillnet fishery in light of the recent ...

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 ...

New legislation aims to phase out mile-long fishing nets off the California coast that have entangled and killed sea life, including endangered species, by the thousands over the past few decades. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity is suing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, claiming it is not protecting endangered Pacific humpback whales from ...

State lawmakers want to end a fishing practice that hauls in millions of dollars a year and puts swordfish on restaurant plates – and might be an all-too-efficient killer of dolphin and whales. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity sued NOAA Fisheries today to force it to protect endangered Pacific humpback whales from entanglements in California drift gillnets. In the past two ...

The California Legislature passed a bill that would phase out the use of drift gillnets, a method of catching swordfish that has been criticized for killing unintended species, including marine ...

SEATTLE – Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision. The ...

Basking sharks surrounded me as I swam off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. As a young college student in the late 1980s, the shadowy sight of the massive filter-feeders both startled and ...

A new type of fishing gear designed to catch swordfish while reducing harm to other animals received approval from fishery regulators Monday. The Pacific Fishery Management Council authorized initial ...