When a public resource can be harvested, mined or otherwise taken for private profit, the state should seek a sustainable balance between allowing such private gain and protecting the resource itself.

NMFS is taking a second look at its determinations on blue swimming crab, and imports from four countries will remain legal ...

(BCN) — The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina has added several modifications to its blue crab fishing rules set to take effect in 2025 to preserve the blue crab population. The state Department of Natural ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a news ...

(CN) — After some delay to protect migrating humpback whale populations from entanglement in fishing gear, commercial fishing for Dungeness crab can start next month in the far north of California.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opening of commercial crabbing season statewide to protect ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The state recorded a record low of blue crab numbers last year, but a bill that is currently going through legislation could change that. The South Carolina Department of ...

Commercial fishing has been temporarily banned in some South Australian waters to replenish fish stock destroyed by a toxic ...

The SA government is placing temporary restrictions on fishing in the Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf as results from fish stock monitoring show declining numbers of some species.

When a public resource can be harvested, mined or otherwise taken for private profit, the state should seek a sustainable balance between allowing such private gain and protecting the resource itself.