ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN - Dungeness crab fishermen for the first time this season hauled in pot after pot of writhing crustaceans here in a rush to fill up boats and get the valuable catch to shore ...

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 ...

Lost or abandoned crab pots pose both environmental and navigational risks as they litter the seafloor, damage boat ...

Kirk Havens of William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science says a question regularly asked by community clean-up groups is whether they can remove derelict crab traps from the Chesapeake Bay ...

FUTURE FROM SPARROWS POINT. LOWELL: THE ROLE OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY WATERMAN IS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT THESE DAYS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY CRABBING OUT ON THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, THEY ARE NOW ...

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 ...

NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) — Two Astoria men who were caught setting stolen crab traps in the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve off the northern Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A new rule aimed at protecting diamondback terrapin turtles from drowning in recreational blue crab traps will go into effect Wednesday, March 1. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A blue whale found tangled in plastic rope off California has become a symbol for a little-known but growing hazard faced by the ocean's largest creatures along the U.S.

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

On the remote shores of British Columbia, a wolf waded into cold saltwater and seized a buoy in her jaws. With slow, ...