Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abandoned “ghost traps” scattered in South Florida’s coastal waters keep doing their lethal work, sometimes for years, ensnaring ...

The sun shimmered over calm waters as a small Florida International University research vessel zigzagged slowly across Biscayne Bay on a hot and humid Saturday morning. Aboard the boat, a team from ...

In a region known for its lobster, a new species is showing up with more frequency in Maine. Blue crabs, the prize centerpiece of a summertime meal in the Chesapeake Bay, are expanding their range ...

Lobster fishermen should be working with the Government to continue the fight against Bermuda’s invasive lionfish population. This is the view of Kevin Winter, a veteran hook-and-line fisherman who is ...

Thousands of abandoned lobster traps have silently littered Long Island Sound for decades. Now, a local effort to locate them all has received a significant boost. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community and Tidy Seas worked together on April 20 to remove more than 50 lobster traps that had washed ...

Abandoned “ghost traps” scattered in South Florida’s coastal waters keep doing their lethal work, sometimes for years, ensnaring and often killing lobsters, stone crabs and other marine life. Crews of ...