(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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif. - In a continued effort to preserve the marine biodiversity of California's Northern Channel Islands, the global nonprofit organization Oceana and Swiss watchmaker Blancpain ...

WWF is working with scientists and local fishing communities, such as in Peru and Indonesia, to trial new ways to reduce ...