Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are floating rafts with underwater netting used by fishing vessels to attract tuna. A recent study estimated that between 2007 and 2021, 1.41 million dFADs ...

Anglers tend to focus on the portion of their fishing tackle that comes into direct contact with the fish: hooks, artificial lures, flies. Narrowing it down still more, the point of the hook. It does ...

New legislation aims to phase out mile-long fishing nets off the California coast that have entangled and killed sea life, including endangered species, by the thousands over the past few decades. The ...

The European Union said Wednesday it wants a complete ban by 2015 on drift-net fishing, dubbed by environmentalists as 'walls of death' for killing other marine animals, especially dolphins.

Fishing fleets are defying international ban, with deadly nets ensnaring dolphins, whales and other protected marine life Last month Carmelo Isgrò received a phone call from the Italian coastguard. A ...

Alex Stulce and I launched the boat a bit after 9 a.m., slipping into a stretch of river that neither of us had ever fished ...

My how quickly drift fishing has become such a popular fishing method on our chunk of Lake Erie. Not that drifting was not popular in the past. Recall the old chugging irons. For the younger among us, ...

French fishermen must not use ‘drift nets’ to catch bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today (5 March). Drift nets are illegal because of concerns about ...

A state measure to phase out drift-net fishing in California waters — and remove a hazard that can inadvertently trap sea lions, dolphins and turtles — was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown ...

A complete ban on drift-netting for salmon, as well as angling curbs on more than 30 rivers, will be put in place within weeks, following the Cabinet's decision yesterday to accept recommendations to ...

State lawmakers want to end a fishing practice that hauls in millions of dollars a year and puts swordfish on restaurant plates – and might be an all-too-efficient killer of dolphin and whales. The ...

Smaller snapper were hooked on the ledger rig, with the sinker below the hooks. Picture / Geoff Thomas 'The long-liners have been working this area," said Peter Blackwell, as he stopped the boat and ...