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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT)- A bill that would limit shrimp trawling is now heading to House for a vote. The bill would prohibit all shrimp trawling in in-shore fishing waters and within half a mile ...

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 ...

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the closed fishing season has started for sardine and mackerel ...

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 ...