Biologists Say Tighter Redfish Limits Needed
Louisiana state biologists are calling for tighter catch limits on redfish as they unveiled a new assessment showing worrying declines in their numbers, bearing out …
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Cormorant relocation not working out as planned
A comedy of errors, including the typo in the headline. Forcing a fish-eating bird colony off East Sand Island near Chinook to protect migrating young …
Fish getting addicted to meth
According to a new study from the Journal of Experimental Biology, fish in the Czech and Slovak Republics have been getting addicted to methamphetamines, thanks to …
Overheating rivers threatening Newfoundland’s wild Atlantic salmon
Newfoundland and Labrador have one of the healthiest and strongest populations of wild Atlantic salmon in North America, but even there, the stock is falling. …
Groups to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife for failing to protect Arctic grayling
A group of conversation organizations filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not listing the Arctic …
Annual rescue of stranded fish underway on Deschutes River
This past month, irrigators began the annual drawing down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish die or are threatened. In what’s …
Terrified fish throw themselves onto beach
Mystified Outer Banks tourists witnessed a bizarre act of nature as fish began flinging themselves onto the beach at Ocracoke Island to escape blitzing bluefish. …
Striped Bass: Another Poor Spawn in Maryland
Maryland’s striped bass juvenile abundance index (JAI) is well below average for the fourth consecutive year and testing historic lows. The JAI was 3.6, well …
Dwindling Mahi Mahi
Charter boat captains and recreational anglers are raising a red flag concerning dwindling mahi mahi numbers and are blaming the longline fleets for the decline. …
New Study Finds Age and Growth of Trevally
The Journal of Fish Biology published the first robust age and maturity study on ulua aukea and omilu by Hawaii fishery scientists. Poseidon Fisheries Research …