MONTEREY — An environmental nonprofit out of Monterey is applauding this year’s state budget that is funding a transition away from deadly gill-net fishing by awarding commercial fishermen cash for ...

Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

Since the 1995 net bans, anglers have enjoyed bigger pompano and Spanish mackerel from Stuart and Miami to Homosassa, with abundant recreational catches.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ten people are behind bars Thursday after they used a gill net to capture several fish and sharks at the Skyway Bridge, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Three commercial gill nets being fished in Alabama waters by two Mississippi men were confiscated by the Alabama Marine Resources Division early Tuesday morning in Grand Bay after a stakeout operation ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - On a typical sunset cruise last week in Brunswick County, Charter Captain Jeff Williamson saw something that caught his eye and it just didn’t look right. It was a cluster of ...