Fishermen told not to scare ducks
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Fishermen are told they cannot use bird scarers to stop ducks eating their mussels in The Wash.
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By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 5--MOREHEAD CITY -- Commercial fishermen in the state are taking their arguments against the handling of proposed new deepwater fishing regulations to Washington.   And U.S. Rep.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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Coastguards warn lives are put at risk by people not knowing who to phone for help, as a safety campaign begins.
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Property owners faced off against conservationists at a legislative hearing to reconsider new rules that restrict development near shorelines where sandpipers, plovers and other migrating birds feed and rest.
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A rare reef fish called the humphead wrasse should be guarded from the trade that is threatening its future, conservationists say.
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By CHET BROKAW  PIERRE, S.D. - A game warden accused of intimidating hunters can continue supervisory work, but will no longer enforce hunting and fishing laws, officials said Wednesday.  The deal ends a dispute between Gov. Mike Rounds and the U.S.
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Hong Kong's government has urged residents not to eat seafood from tsunami-affected areas as they may be tainted, but experts brushed off such fears on Wednesday, saying the effects of the catastrophe on fish were minimal.
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'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a ban on fishing for North Sea cod, The BBC reports.â¦
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By Jason Kolnos, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Dec. 15--ORLEANS -- Local parks officials are considering an  unprecedented solution to their piping plover predicament: Get federal and  state regulators to ease rules protecting the threatened species.
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By Art Lander Jr., The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 14--Kentucky wildlife officials are worried that the warming waters in parts of the Cumberland River will trigger a major fish kill in one of the finest trout-fishing areas in the eastern United States.
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MILWAUKEE - Wildlife researchers leading a flock of young whooping cranes south for the winter are warning people to stay out of their way after an apparently curious ultralight pilot disturbed the endangered birds.
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By Dave Barry  A FUNDAMENTAL belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you cannot be killed by a fish.
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By JIM SUTTON  The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration has temporarily suspended a rule that requires anglers in Atlantic billfish tournaments to use non-offset circle hooks.  Circle hooks have been used for years, mainly in live-release- type events.
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It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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Rory Watson, Times Brussels correspondent, explains why the EU today rejected scientific advice to close off key fishing areas in an attempt to stall the collapse in cod stocks.
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 14--Ice fishing has been put on hold due to warm temperatures and treacherous ice conditions. Ice fishermen were out in full force through last weekend, but the recent warming trend has eroded ice.