During Florida's stone crab season, which starts Oct. 15, fishers eager to collect the treasured delicacy can start scooping them up — provided they remove the claws and toss the crustacean back into ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to ...

Enter solar-powered light buoys. A team from Arizona State University recently worked with coastal gillnet fishers in Mexico ...

In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...

An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and ...

It started as a routine cast, but the net couldn’t hold what surfaced. The mystery fish vanished back into the depths, leaving only broken gear behind. Determined to find out what it was, we built a ...

A simple trap turned into an incredible haul of exotic fish in the Everglades. Their colors, shapes, and personalities make them perfect new pets. Watching them go from wild waters to aquarium life is ...

Migratory shorebird populations, such as curlew sandpipers, are drastically declining at Sungei Buloh due to habitat loss and climate change. A study reveals that over 47,800 birds are killed annually ...

The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer. The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs ...

EDMONDS — Cali Weber walked along the gravely beach at Picnic Point, a tape measure trailing behind her. When the coil reached the end, Weber couched down, scooping sand into two plastic bags. While ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Chloé Dubois, co-founder of The Ocean Legacy Foundation, is pictured near piles of plastic waste found in the ocean that will be recycled in Richmond, B.C. Their non-profit, in operation since 2021, ...