Land: United States

Two Miami law firms representing fishermen said BP claim forms for the approval fo payments for commercial fishermen are flawed.

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is causing shellfish prices to rise and consumers are paying as much as 40 percent more.

Spanish-flagged vessel charged with 67 counts of fishing without a U.S. permit

BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has badly affected P&J Oyster Co. in New Orleans as it runs out of oysters.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has amended fishing closure in southern portion of Breton-Chandeleur Sounds and adjacent state outside waters east of the Mississippi River.

Alaska Sea Grant will provide $1 million during the next

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently launched catch shares programme but it has some doubts, say experts.

Fishermen along parts of the Atlantic seaboard will no longer be able to catch a certain type of fish due to ban on snapper catch.

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will open remaining statewaters to commercial shrimp trawling on June 1.

New England’s groundfishery has been badly affected by government’s conservation measures and thus fishermen future is uncertain.