Rockfish anglers have moved to the nearshore area now we’ve passed into November. The deep reefs past 300 feet are now closed ...

Sometimes, those nets and crab pots get lost or abandoned at sea ... "Ghost fishing" happens when the ghost gear continues to trap seafood and marine life, but there's no fisherman to pull ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A soldier in Georgia is dead after going after a loose crab trap while fishing on a river, authorities and Army officials told news outlets. Spc. Carlito Lindsey ...

LEWES, DE - The University of Delaware hosted a workshop to teach local boaters how to detect derelict crab pots using sonar at their Lewes campus on Tuesday. University officials said events ...

Spc. Lindsey Carlito of Hollandale, Ms. drowned Thursday in the Tivoli River in Bryan County. His death is still under ...

A fisherman loads crab pots onto a fishing vessel ... year to prevent humpback whales from getting entangled in trap and buoy lines, according to the California Fish and Wildlife.

He noted that if the state had authorized the use of pop-up gear—which he said has performed well in tests—"crab fishers could be prepping to put their traps in the water right now." ...

He noted that if the state had authorized the use of pop-up gear — which he said has performed well in tests — “crab fishers could be prepping to put their traps in the water right now.” ...

DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ] The state’s stone crab season runs through May 1. Fishers were allowed to start putting traps out two weeks before the season’s opener, on Oct. 5. But because ...