THE National Marine Fisheries Service is looking to re-open areas that have been closed to drift longlining, a deadly and indiscriminate killer of deep-sea fish and marine life. But the Recreational ...

A collection of papers from the sixth International Billfish Symposium that was held at the International Game Fish Association headquarters was published in the International Council for the ...

An international sport fishing body is urging Government not to introduce longline fishing into Bermuda's waters. The International Game Fish Association has submitted a letter, giving its reasons why ...

Achievements that furthered conservation efforts for billfish may be in jeopardy, because longlines may soon be back off the Florida coast and in other important areas that currently restrict their ...

SACRAMENTO — A federal fisheries council recommended an indefinite moratorium Thursday on the use of longlines off the entire West Coast. A typical longline boat lays thousands of baited hooks over ...

Leatherback sea turtle at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Virgin Islands (Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS) (CN) - Federal agencies must rethink permitting a swordfish-catching operation ...

Government is still refusing to admit whether it intends to push longline fishing as a commercial venture. As reported in Saturday's The Royal Gazette, a planning application by the Department of ...

A.F.Theraiult of Meteghan River, Nova Scotia is building a 99.1-ft. steel fishing boat for Capt. Wesley Hennebery of Ivy Fisheries. To be powered by a Cummins KTA38 M1 main engine rated to 1,000 hp at ...