THE National Marine Fisheries Service is looking to re-open areas that have been closed to drift longlining, a deadly and indiscriminate killer of deep-sea fish and marine life. But the Recreational ...

Leatherback sea turtle at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Virgin Islands (Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS) (CN) – A federal judge has blocked a bid by the Trump administration to bring ...

The 60-mile-long fishing lines that can snag endangered leatherback sea turtles would be allowed off the California coast for the first time, under a decision being weighed by a federal agency. The ...

The transition of gillnets to longline gears for commercial fishing is having a positive impact on the marine ecosystems, said the officials of the World Wildlife Fund-Pakistan (WWF-P), Sindh ...

Government is still refusing to admit whether it intends to push longline fishing as a commercial venture. As reported in Saturday's The Royal Gazette, a planning application by the Department of ...

Achievements that furthered conservation efforts for billfish may be in jeopardy, because longlines may soon be back off the Florida coast and in other important areas that currently restrict their ...