Big Crab Catch Sparks Overfishing Worries
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San Francisco's quintessential meal is fresh Dungeness crab, a glass of chardonnay and sourdough bread. But now, local crab fishermen and connoisseurs worry that one of the city's most beloved delicacies is in trouble, a victim of too many boats pulling up too many crabs all at once.
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A coalition of environmental and conservation groups calls for a ban on the damaging fishing practice known as bottom-trawling.
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Amid warnings that global seafood stocks could dry up by 2048, the state acts to guard its waters.
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For at-risk species, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  May 31--GARRISON, Minn. -- Big Pine Lake looked unfriendly, unknown, unforgiving last weekend as I left the dock to fish for bass.   Strange.
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People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the
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Consumer advocates are raising concerns about whether federal restrictions meant to stop the import of tainted Chinese seafood are strong enough.
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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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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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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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Fishermen on this rocky, pine-studded peninsula have felt a creeping unease in recent years, as real estate prices leapt skyward and stories circulated up and down the coast of fishing piers sold to make room for million-dollar vacation homes.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters is already under way.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A : Striped bass are improving and haddock and mackerel are plentiful too in Boothbay Harbor. Saco Bay has been infested with bluefish in the 5-12-pound range (bright orange Yo-Zuri lures and Gags Grabber lures work best). Tube-and-worm anglers can find plenty of schoolie stripers in the Saco River. ...
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Recreational anglers may be responsible for landing nearly 25 percent of over-fished salt water species caught off US coasts, a study released on Thursday suggests.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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BALDWIN, Mich. _ This isn't something you hear of too often: an angler complaining that the fish are too big.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.