Fisheries & Oceans

Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is being put under the microscope like no other kind on the market, with fish, shrimp and other catches ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil far more reassuring than that sniff test that made all the headlines.

Conservationists are calling on the Government to support the closure of high sea fisheries in the Pacific to industrial fish netting.

Indonesia is seeking the release of three of its fisheries officers who were detained by the Malaysian authorities last week. The officers were on a patrol boat when they came across 15 Malaysian .....

KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government has directed the Fisheries Department to check whether turtle eggs sold at the Pasar Payang central market here were harvested by licensed turtle egg collectors.

CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Some fisheries experts are questioning the theory that an Asian carp caught just 6 miles from Lake Michigan got there with human help. Lake Michigan - asiancarp - Lake Calumet - Fish - Recreation

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission met this week in Wilmington. On the agenda were items affecting the opening of bay scallop harvesting and drafting an amendment to the southern flounder fishery management

DeKALB Sean McKnight wakes up every morning with one thought on his mind: he wants his kids back. The same thought runs through McKnights head as he goes to sleep at night.

Michelle Obamas much-watched and talked-about trip abroad contrasts with vacation plans of most administration officials.

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, which violated its wastewater permits at its fish hatcheries over a period of years, has reached a consent agreement with the Maine ...

Artist Christine Nguyen likes to conduct scientific experiments in her apartment. She plays with salt, borax, water, photo paper and different photographic processes. The results are ethereal, colorful explorations that look simultaneously oceanic...

By Elaine Wheat "I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I've committed unto Him against that day."

Marine biologist Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries says the increase in white shark sightings on the East Coast may be due to booming gray seal populations, which lure the sharks closer to shore, as well as bigger crowds on beaches -- meaning more potential shark-spotters.

Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?

BATON ROUGE -- State Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission announced significant openings to recreational fishing Wednesday, a decision supported by at least two recreational saltwater fishermen in the Teche Area.

Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?

The minister of Fisheries and Oceans will deliver the keynote address at this year's Miramichi Conservation Dinner.

This is the last weekend for the recreational cod fishery. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans won't have a tally or information on where the best and worst fishing spots were until next week.

It is always highly rewarding to attend agricultural events that are held every now and then. Just like the 6th Agriculture and Fisheries Technology Forum and Product Exhibition staged by the Bureau of Agricultural Research recently.

Canadian authorities intercepted a cargo ship on Thursday carrying nearly 500 people thought to be Tamil migrants who have fled Sri Lanka in a bid to enter Canada as refugees.

A leatherback turtle has made a surprise return to a Malaysian beach after 32 years, a report said Friday, hailed as a "miracle" by conservationists and renewing hopes for the endangered species.