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

Dolphins in Australia have learned how to snatch bait from crab traps—and now ... taking the fish they use as bait from their crab pots and nets. The interactions began occurring in Koombana ...

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 ...

Strategically located crab pots on the muddy creek bottoms, stuffed with smelly bait fish, trap the 6-legged crabs who also have rear swimming legs that look like paddles. The crabs, which walk ...

These estuaries are also home to blue crabs, which are trapped in crab pots by an active blue crab fishery. Baited blue crab traps are known to trap and drown terrapins, while commercial fleets of ...

The millions of lines tied to the pots and traps used by lobster and crab fisheries in the western North Atlantic region continue to pose a considerable entanglement risk to the critically endangered ...

These traps are submerged cages with funneled entrances that catch ... “Extensive scientific studies have shown that — from habitat loss to roadkill mortality to crab pot drownings — this species is ...

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.