Land: United States

Fishermen are waiting anxiously to see the extent of salmon season this year as federal authorities are mulling the options for a North Coast fishing season

The chief of law enforcement for NOAA was removed from his job after allegations of document shredding.

Several new provisions have been included in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) that will shape the focus of fisheries management in future.

The Obama administration has decided to reintroduces the rough outlines of an offshore ocean aquaculture policy dating back more than a decade.

Rivals commercial fishermen of Mana-squan Inlet comprise a community and watch out for one another.

Old halibut fishing ships are doing great performance despite a sea change in rules and prices.

NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson is said to leave its Norfolk, Va.to map ocean floor in Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. administration has decided to ban imports of wild Mexican shrimp as Mexico’s harvesting practices harm turtles.

Commercial fishing killed millions of sea turtles by its gears and this has become an issue, says a report.

State ignores rules designed to benefit fisheries as government people voted the opposite rules for commercial fishermen.