After three decades as a charter fishing guide, Steve Amick says he's never seen red snapper as large or plentiful as he did last year off Georgia's Atlantic coast. Soon, catching them could be illegal. ...more

March 6, 2009

Just six weeks before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulations Thursday to reduce the input of federal scientists and to block the law from being used to fight global warming. ...more

December 12, 2008

Alaska's Beluga Whales Gain Federal Protection WASHINGTON - The federal government on Friday placed the beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, concluding that a decade-long recovery program has failed to ensure their survival. ...more

October 18, 2008

Being a pack rat likely saved Kris Geidel's life. Now he's hoping to keep his fishing business from sinking. ...more

October 11, 2008

Florida's seafood lovers and angling enthusiasts may not realize it, but change is under way that promises to brighten the future of the struggling multibillion dollar commercial and sport fishing industries. While destructive overfishing and ineffective regulations have long been the norm offshore, a new management model is demonstrating that the bleak economic and environmental performance of fisheries can be quickly turned around. And recently, the U.S. Congress mandated change that provides an opportunity to speed progress and make the Gulf Coast a leader in modern and prosperous fishing. ...more

September 18, 2008

There is a lot of confusion floating around the docks on the new reef fish rules that went into effect on June 1. Basically, the rule states that circle hooks must be used for all reef species (i.e., groupers and snappers) wherever they are caught, and that all anglers fishing for reef fish must carry and use dehooking devices and venting tools in state and federal waters. ...more

July 6, 2008

Under a plan just announced by the National Marine Fisheries Service, anglers fishing offshore saltwater anywhere in the country starting next year will be required to have a federal or state registry card. ...more

June 15, 2008

State regulators have presented city officials with another laundry list of concerns about plans to dredge a waterway linking Lake Deedra to the Pithlachascotee River, one of three permit requests for a multimillion-dollar project. ...more

January 26, 2008

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting next week in St. Petersburg, and one of the items on the agenda is review of possible cuts in the gag grouper catch for both commercial and recreational fishermen. ...more

January 20, 2008

Anglers fishing federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, more than nine nautical miles from shore, will face new gear requirements when seeking reef fish starting this spring. ...more

January 15, 2008