For the past four years, after lobster fishing season has ended, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper has surveyed local beaches and partnered with the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara to remove derelict ...

BOSTON — Abandoned fishing gear has posed problems for authorities wishing to clear it from state waters and shorelines for decades, but new legislation is aimed at making that task easier. An ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. On Saturday, April 19th, twenty-three volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing ...

Lobsters can’t hide from 104-year-old Virginia Oliver — Maine’s famous “Lobster Lady.” She’s been trapping the crustaceans for almost a century and is ready to catch some more this summer. Oliver has ...

The sun shimmered over calm waters as a small Florida International University research vessel zigzagged slowly across Biscayne Bay on a hot and humid Saturday morning. Aboard the boat, a team from ...

As the Florida lobster season is underway, a man and a woman were arrested in Marathon after being accused of stealing traps hours before the season began, deputies said. Daily Brito Fernandez, 27, ...

The Stonington, Conn., Lobster Trap Tree is a glorious tower of steel, art, and light — a nod to the legacy of local fishermen in the home of Connecticut’s last commercial fishing fleet STONINGTON, ...

On Saturday, April 19, 23 volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together to remove some 30 lobster traps that had washed ashore at two ...