Land: United States

Ground fishermen of New England filed lawsuit against Roger Fleming, an attorney in Appleton for restricting herring trawling.

The 2008 Pew Fellowship in marine conservation has awarded to Dr. Andrew Constable, leader of Antarctic Marine Ecosystems programme in Tasmania.

It is difficult to asses the total numbers of derelict crab traps in Texas bay but removing it could help the industry as well as aquatic animals.

The owner of the SEMASS incinerator joins hand with federal regulators and an environmental group in the process of removing the discarded commercial fishing gear from ports in the Northeast.

Fan Meng, first Chinese, was awarded 2008 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for his diligent contribution in marine field.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a directive to put ban on using hook and line gear for catching Pacific cod.

Heavy downpour in January has created ideal conditions for barramundi fishing while government is buying back more commercial fishing licences.

Maryland has faced the worst crab harvest season in 2007 as the population of the crab was declining due to poor regulations.

In the Gulf of Mexico there is a Massachusetts-size “dead zone” which threatens 1 $6 billion fishing industry there.

Covanta Energy and NOAA join together with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to launch fishing for energy programmer to minimize the fishing gear.