By Daniel Fernando Manta and devil rays are among the ocean’s most graceful and captivating creatures. With their wide, ...

MONTEREY, Calif., April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Oceana and Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) released a report finding that the set gillnet fishery targeting California halibut ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab ...

“The biodiversity of the Channel Islands is remarkable, and it’s essential to protect it from harmful practices like gillnet fishing,” said Caitlynn Birch, a Pacific marine scientist with ...

Dead fish, including an endangered smalltooth sawfish, are displayed on top of a cooler in Collier County Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. FWC Two Miami Gardens men are accused of using an illegal gillnet ...

For the first time in its 70-year history, the International Whaling Commission has issued an "extinction alert." Known as the world’s tiniest porpoise, the vaquita is facing the potential ...

Officials Close Pacific Loggerhead Turtle Conservation Area to Gillnet Fishing, Citing El Niño by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego June 4, 2024, 10:15 p.m. June 5, 2024, 7:28 a.m. Share this: ...

Bycatch, the incidental catch of untargeted species in commercial fisheries, is not just about salmon or crab. Seabirds are also caught and killed unintentionally in fishing gear.