After the State Board of Fisheries in March said that they didn’t have enough data to approve experimental beach seines for use in the east side setnet fishery, local fishers are deploying the net on ...

Washington and Oregon officials this week adopted commercial salmon fishing seasons in late August and September for six beach seiners and four purse seiners in selected portions of the lower Columbia ...

Amber Every (center) directs tractors pulling in a seine net holding sockeye salmon on a beach site on Thursday, July 18, 2024 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLL) For the second year in a row, ...

The Cape Fear area is rich with saltmarshes, creeks and grass beds. These areas are known as a nursery for young fish, crabs, and shrimp which contributes to the rich fishery we enjoy.xml:namespace ...

Aug. 28—Recent sightings of individuals using cast nets to harvest fish from streams in northeastern Oklahoma sparked concerns among water protectors. State law prohibits the use of cast nets and ...

A leading marine conservationist is strongly opposed to a proposal to amend Section 69 of the Fisheries Act to allow seine nets with mesh sizes smaller than 2.5 centimetres to be used at night in ...