In a bid to knock back one of the Chesapeake Bay's hungriest invaders, Maryland lawmakers in Annapolis this week signed off ...

State lawmakers passed an emergency bill to combat the growing number of blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and protect ...

Ten Atlanta residents are accused of using illegal gill nets to catch more than 500 pounds of fish and sharks near a major bridge in Florida, wildlife officials said. In a news release, the Florida ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ten people are behind bars Thursday after they used a gill net to capture several fish and sharks at the Skyway Bridge, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

LEWISTON – Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the 2023 spring chinook fishing season. For ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina is calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deny the use of gill nets for fishing in the state of ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ten Atlanta residents are accused of using illegal gill nets to catch more than 500 pounds of fish and sharks near a major bridge in Florida, wildlife officials said. In a news ...