Live Dungeness crab are harvested at the Newport docks in Newport, Ore., in an undated photo. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Friday, March 13, 2026, that the use of pop-up ...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Meghan Hertel has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced changes to both commercial and ...

South African fisheries authorities intercepted four Chinese-flagged fishing vessels it claims entered its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without authorization. However, DFFW detected that the vessels ...

Derelict Fishing Gear – Courtesy of HPU’s Center for Marine Debris Research In just over 3 years, Hawaiʻi Pacific University’s “Bounty Project” has removed over 185,000 pounds (84 metric tons) of ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — When Mark Marhefka first moved from Florida to Charleston in 1976, the offshore commercial fishing industry was just starting to heat up in South Carolina. As word got out that the ...