Massachusetts Environmental Police donated lobsters seized from an offshore trawler in New Bedford to veterans after officials determined the lobsters could not be returned to the water. Environmental ...

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts -- Environmental authorities in Massachusetts are donating lobsters seized from an illegal harvest to homeless veterans. Massachusetts Environmental Police say they found ...

The Spanish fishing trawler "Francisco Catalina", which rescued 51 people (42 men, 8 women and a baby, most of them apparently from Eritrea) in the Mediterranean on Friday (14 July), has been standing ...

SCITUATE, Mass. (WLS) -- An 18-pound, barnacle-encrusted lobster is now getting plenty of attention in Massachusetts. The creature was found in an offshore trawler. Now it's in a tank at a fish market ...

Shudders went through the fishing industry just before Christmas with the announcement of Maritime Area Consents for seven offshore windfarms. Environment Minister Eamon Ryan trumpeted the allocation ...

ATLANTA - Georgia shrimpers, already dwindling in number because of higher fuel prices and competition from importers, dodged another threat Thursday when a Senate panel killed a bill to push trawling ...

More than 300 Newfoundland shrimp fishermen who are demanding a greater share of shrimp quota blocked three factory freezer trawlers from unloading at Argentia yesterday. The fishermen, many of whom ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — From her home overlooking Yaquina Bay on the Oregon coast, Kelley Retherford can watch as commercial fishing boats arrive at the nearby Port of Newport, delivering their catch to one ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 18 July 2006 The Spanish fishing ...