Strict bans limiting commercial and recreational fishing in Perth and WA are announced in an effort to save some under-threat fish species from the brink of collapse.

Unlike the past, where snapper fishers competed for the catch in brief, 10-day-long fishing seasons each month, Gulf commercial snapper fishers now are assigned individual, personalized quotas they ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal government plans to increase observation of the commercial snapper-grouper fishery from North Carolina to east Florida, with an eye to improving population assessments ...

Pink snapper and dhufish are among severely threatened species prompting one state to permanently close commercial fishing ...

Recreational anglers in Atlantic waters from Key West to North Carolina — and every Florida inlet in between — will get just 24 hours to fish for and keep coveted red snapper, a fish that's great for ...

Recreational fishing advocacy groups are opposed to a push that would implement catch-shares for red snapper because the move would make permanent a large commercial percentage of the annual quota.

The long-term snapper rules are unusually controversial because the fishing closures would prevent fishing for potentially dozens of other bottom fish in the same areas. Backers of the closure say a ...

THE Western Australian Government has announced major reforms across WA's coastline, which it said will further protect ...

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis announces 70-day red snapper fishing season Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds news conference in Panhandle. Read full article: Waking up to dense fog and an extensive ...

Commercial fishers have filed suit against the federal government for allowing the recreational sector to catch what they say are too many red snapper. Commercial fishers have sued the federal ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service says that the commercial fishery for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico Federal waters will open at noon on Oct. 1, and close at noon on Oct. 10. The 2002 Gulf of ...