Sport fishermen depleting some saltwater species
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Americans fishing for sport along coastlines or at sea are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers report in the latest issue of the journal
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Cod, once a staple of the British diet, could be fished close to extinction, environmentalists warned yesterday. They said a deal keeping North Sea fishing grounds open to trawlers was &quot;scandalous&quot;.
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Researchers behind the study say fishing for fun now makes up almost a quarter of the total take of overfished populations. These include seafood favorites such as red snapper, red drum, and bocaccioâspecies
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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Casual fishermen reel in nearly a quarter of the catch of overfished saltwater species, a much higher share than previously thought, researchers report in a new study.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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Scientists blame excessive fishing in the Black Sea for destablising its ecosystem, allowing  jellyfish to thrive.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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All those recreational anglers who dangle bait off US coasts are catching a much bigger share of fish -- especially some threatened species -- than commonly thought, researchers report in a new study.
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Science & environment: Conservationists attack EU fishing quota deal that will allow fishing fleets to land an extra 11% of cod in North Sea.
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Thousands of croakers have washed ashore at beaches in recent days, the latest mass deaths of the popular sport and food fish.
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Millions of casual fishermen reel in a higher take of the nation's most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing.
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Critics say fish farms are depleting stocks by caging tuna for fattening before they've had a chance to spawn.
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A recent run of large chemical and plastics deals has cut into the list of possible targets, leaving companies and financial firms to fish in smaller ponds.
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More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before.
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In an atmosphere of blockades by French fishermen and anger from Spain and Poland, the European Union&#39;s fisheries ministers have reached several compromises designed to restore what some say are dangerously low levels of several species.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.