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 ...
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, ...
Fishers on a group of small islands in the Java Sea are calling for a crackdown on larger boats using a banned type of seine net in their waters. The Masalembu Islands, which lie in one of the most ...
The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission on Friday announced a proposed regulation change to allow the use of a beach seine ...
Junior Naturalist co-director Danielle Soldezzo, left, and counselor MJ Murphy, right, demonstrate how to drag in a seine net after dragging it through the water in the hopes of catching fish at ...
The Lemon Bay Conservancy will host a tarpon “pull” on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 7:45 to 10:30 a.m. All new and returning tarpon net pull volunteers are invit ...
Fishermen in Lamu are abandoning destructive seine nets that threaten the country's fish stocks for eco-friendly gear in the latest push for sustainable fishing practices. Speaking in Kiunga, Lamu ...
UPDATE (6/20/25): The Onslow County Government stated on Friday that their Chairman, Tim Foster, sent a letter to State Representatives opposing the potential change to HB 442. They expressed their ...
Milton Saudia, coordinator of the Traditional Fishermen Protection Committee, highlighted that purse seine and LED fishing are causing severe damage to both the livelihood of small-scale fishermen and ...