The nets are 600 feet long and made of four panels, each panel with a different size webbing - 6-inch webbing, 5-inch, 4-inch and 3-inch - designed to capture fish of varying sizes. Advertisement ...

Most every angler who is passionate about walleye fishing knows that Lake Erie is the capital of the walleye angling world.

Lawmakers are moving to limit the use of gill nets for fishing off California's coast. The state Senate on Thursday voted to send Gov. Jerry Brown a bill to phase out drift gill net fishing.

Members of the commercial fishing fleet dropped off a total of 1,194kg of items including nets, ropes, plastic pots and fish ...

Gill nets, fishing pots and traps are most likely to “ghost fish,” while long-lines are more likely to ensnare other marine organisms and trawls most likely to damage sub-sea habitats.

Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged numerous individuals with violations of criminal and natural resource laws ...