A petition filed by environmental groups is asking the state for regulations on crab pots to ease the threat they pose on local terrapin populations. Diamondback terrapins, found all along the East ...

Conservation groups have filed a petition with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources asking the state to require ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 19—Starting May 1, a reduced pot limit and 14-day landing requirement will be in effect for the Washington coastal Dungeness ...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted to review potential regulations that would require modifications to crab pots to discourage the unintentional capture of diamondback terrapins.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies filed a petition today asking the South Carolina Department of Natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Approximately 11,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound every year. Most of the loss comes from recreational use and user errors.

On a sunny day in late September, songs from Earth, Wind and Fire drifted from the sound system of Gail Kelso’s pontoon boat as she and her three close friends volunteered with the University of ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

THIS IS A FIVE DAY JOB WITH 13 BOATS AND 26 WATERMEN. THE GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH DEBRIS OUT OF THE BAY AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DERELICT, DERELICT CRAB POTS THAT WE WOULD RETRIEVE. WE JUST ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY-TV) — Local fishing crews are taking to regional waterways this week to retrieve lost fishing gear and crab pots. The North Carolina Coastal Federation said abandoned gear ...

The traps are scattered from Bonita Springs north to Tampa Bay, and some fishermen have reported losing thousands to barges associated with beach rebuilding projects.