An international sport fishing body is urging Government not to introduce longline fishing into Bermuda's waters. The International Game Fish Association has submitted a letter, giving its reasons why ...

Government has pledged "broad public consultation" on the future of fishing in Bermuda.The long-awaited draft Sustainable Fishing Strategy is due to be tabled before Cabinet this legislative session, ...

Achievements that furthered conservation efforts for billfish may be in jeopardy, because longlines may soon be back off the Florida coast and in other important areas that currently restrict their ...

New research shows longline fishing pushing six albatross species further towards the brink of extinction Cape Town, South Africa – New research revealed today shows that longline fishing is the prime ...

A recent study has found that unregulated longline fishing for Patagonian Toothfish immediately outside the 200-mile Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone (FOCZ) is likely to be having significant ...

SACRAMENTO — A federal fisheries council recommended an indefinite moratorium Thursday on the use of longlines off the entire West Coast. A typical longline boat lays thousands of baited hooks over ...

THE National Marine Fisheries Service is looking to re-open areas that have been closed to drift longlining, a deadly and indiscriminate killer of deep-sea fish and marine life. But the Recreational ...

Ruling Requires Bush Administration To Re-Examine Whether Species Warrants Protections Under The Endangered Species Act Washington, D.C. A federal judge this month approved a settlement agreement ...

The 60-mile-long fishing lines that can snag endangered leatherback sea turtles would be allowed off the California coast for the first time, under a decision being weighed by a federal agency. The ...

Longlining, a commercial fishing technique that drags a main line with baited hooks through the water, is convenient when catching massive amounts of swordfish and tuna, but it also traps what experts ...