Shrimp Fishing Gains Momentum
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Jun. 3--In the movie "Forrest Gump" the shrimp-fishing hotbed was the waters off Bayou Le Batre in Louisiana, but you don't have to travel that far south to find the mother lode.
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BBC Northern Ireland rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy looks at the renewed strength of mussel fishing in Belfast Lough.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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By Ray Sasser, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 11--COSALA, Mexico -- Like all fishermen, the osprey perched atop a lofty saguaro cactus did not appreciate being crowded. Ron Speed's fishing boat interrupted the fish eagle's breakfast.
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 11--Lake Onalaska continues to be the hot spot for panfish, although anglers are reporting success up and down the Mississippi and Black rivers.
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By Steve Ford  Chill winds out of the northwest and frost on the windows in the morning don't exactly make fishermen think of spring.  But then I'm not most fishermen. The unusually warm winter we've been having has me champing at the bit earlier than ever. But it's not just that.
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For species at risk, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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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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There's something fishy afoot in the world of Dutch herring.
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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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Crawfish in southern Louisiana appear to have recovered their numbers from the pounding the Gulf Coast took from Hurricane Rita.  The season is still early, the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate reported.
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By Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Lobster, Goliath grouper and sea trout dominated Thursday's meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Key Largo.
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A new "gold rush" is luring anglers to South African rivers to do battle with the mighty yellowfish.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 7--JACKSON COUNTY -- Officers with the Department of Marine Resources arrested two people in a shooting incident that occurred on a shrimp boat in the Gulf on Wednesday morning.
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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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Reducing fish catches now will boost future profits more than previously believed, researchers calculate.
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Millions of casual fishermen reel in more of the nation&#39;s most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge tougher regulation of recreational fishing.