Permits are being issued to commercial swordfish fishermen who forgo large drift nets for a new system that won’t also capture whales and dolphins. The National Marine Fisheries Service recently ...

SANTA BARBARA — As the morning fog peeled off the docks of Santa Barbara Harbor recently, fisherman Gary Burke eyed all that’s left of a fleet that once helped satisfy America’s insatiable appetite ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network formally petitioned the U.S. government today to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act and impose a ban on ...

MONTEREY — Will sustainably-caught swordfish receive a wave of support from Central Coast fishermen, consumers and restaurateurs? Clean-fishing advocates sure hope so as efforts continue to phase out ...

That’s the sentiment among New Jersey’s commercial fishermen now that the international body that regulates swordfish has preserved the U.S. quota for the next two years at a potentially lucrative ...