Jobs are being lost and people with fishing licences have been left on dry land as the fallout from the state government’s net ban becomes reality. About 240 Queensland gillnet licences were wiped out ...

WN3629B — a century-old gillnet boat reputed to be Washington’s smallest artifact on the National Historic Register — may return to service this summer, this time as a monument to an industry in ...

ASTORIA -- To stand on the banks of the lower Columbia River 100 years ago was to witness the sight of the Butterfly Fleet, dual sails flying as they raced for home, heavy with fish. In 1900, there ...

Bristol Bay’s commercial salmon fishery can be fast-paced and competitive. Many local fishermen support a longstanding regulation they say keeps competition in check by limiting the size of the boats.

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 changes, ...

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 ...