Big changes to gill-net fishing in the lower Columbia River are coming because of , a governor's preemptive action and a makeover of the Oregon commission that decides fish policies. The latest salmon ...

Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study is based on about 5,000 striped bass collected from the Roanoke River in the springs of 1963, 1964, and 1965. The relation between ...

On May 15, the First District Court of Appeals heard arguments on a local judge’s ruling that overturns Florida’s 20-year-old constitutional amendment limiting marine net fishing. The three-judge ...

The Pamlico Sound is closing to all large-mesh gill net fishing because of problems with endangered sea turtles.The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has documented four interactions between the large ...

State fishery officials have agreed to new restrictions on gill nets to settle a lawsuit by the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island. The turtle hospital sued ...

Last week tons of mullet and many other species of inshore sportfish were lawfully gill netted and removed from Florida public waters by commercial boats. How could this have happened? Isn't there a ...

In November, Oregon voters will be asked to approve a measure that bans commercial gill-net fishing in the mainstem of the lower Columbia River. The idea behind Measure 81 is that gill nets are ...

In November 1994, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment that banned the use of entanglement nets in Florida state waters. These nets, most commonly referring to gill nets, were seen as an ...

Water the shade of milk-laced tea chattered against the hull of the low-sided, center-console skiff Brian Witt piloted along Galveston Bay's western edge just after dawn this past Tuesday, the craft ...