Land: United States

The commercial crabbers have hug up their nets two months before the 2008 commercial crabbing season ends.

Massive swarms of stinging jellyfish and jellyfish-like animals have been found in places like Hawaii, Gulf of Mexico, the Bering Sea and other locations.

Portsmouth fishing fleet committee seeks to make fishing fleet a matter of community concern local fishermen.

Lots of fishermen get affected badly as the authority bans the gill nets, which have always been a part of every local fisherman’s life.

A consortium of professional fishing guides has appealed the Georgia Legislature to provide extra protection to redfish by changing its status to a gamefish.

Alaska state authority has released revealing data on fishing trends where an average of 7,260 commercial fishermen in Alaska is plying their trade each month.

Mislabeled illegally imported seafood flourished the domestic markets with striking blow to the fisheries industry’s income and reputation.

The Alaska pollock fishery remains certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) independent third-party certification system despite Greenpeace USA’s campaign to raise doubts about the status of the fishery.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating 2,850 metric

The first settlement payments from the Exxon Valdez lawsuit filed