The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska. The ...

MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine (Reuters) - An emerging technology to fish for lobsters virtually ropeless to prevent whale entanglements is exciting conservationists, but getting a frigid reception from ...

Twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community and Tidy Seas worked together on April 20 to remove more than 50 lobster traps that had washed ...

The California Fish and Game Commission revoked a local fisherman’s commercial fishing license and lobster operating permit after he abandoned lobster traps around Santa Barbara and the Channel ...

The lobster industry in the Northeast may have to change how it operates, based on a new federal rule expected by the end of summer. The potential changes are meant to protect the endangered North ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The California Department of Fish and Wildfire (CDFW) announced the conviction and successful prosecution of a commercial lobster fisherman on several fishing violations. CDFW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Atlantic right whales and lobstermen entangled, could on-demand fishing gear help MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine (Reuters) - An ...