The largest commercial fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is accidentally killing and discarding more than 22,000 redfish annually in Louisiana waters, according to an independent study released ...

Two boats slide off the back of their mothership and into the Gulf’s green waters. Then the real work begins. With waves rocking them, the boats begin to separate, unspooling a net bigger than five ...

Louisiana’s officially designated state saltwater fish is in no danger of being relieved of that title anytime soon. Speckled trout, officially known as spotted sea trout, were once again the most ...

It sounds like the ultimate in Louisiana outdoors fun for many tourists and locals: boats cruising the marsh at night, their passengers taking aim with a bow and arrow at plump redfish lurking beneath ...

Beginning June 20, there will be new harvest and size limit restrictions on Louisiana’s popular redfish for the first time since the 1980s. The new regulations are being implemented to improve the ...

More menhaden are caught off the Louisiana coast each year than shrimp, crab and oysters combined. (Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program) Another tense showdown could be in the works between ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s ...