The House on Wednesday passed controversial legislation that aims to overhaul how the federal government manages the nation’s fisheries. The measure would make significant changes to a 1976 law that’s ...

After months of uncertainty amid the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the council that manages commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A new state fisheries management plan is now available for public comment. The plan consists of managing fisheries under drought conditions, aquatic habitats, invasive species and ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal board that helps oversee federal fisheries off Alaska's coast, is scaling back operations due to uncertainty over federal funding. The council ...

DAERA has today launched a consultation on the development of fisheries management measures to protect conservation areas ...

Opening the red snapper season for two months ... is fast-tracking the crash of this species. There’s just no way the stock ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Led by Dr. Jordan Goetze from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation ...

A simple body-shape analysis can reveal what part of the ocean a fish came from, according to a new study from Smithsonian scientists working to develop better tools for managing small-scale fisheries ...

If midwater trawlers need to keep dragging nets across the seafloor to catch pollock, they should be managed like any other ...