2000-09-13 04:00:00 PDT STATE -- In an unprecedented move, state regulators have closed much of the California coast to commercial gill- net fishing to protect endangered seabirds and marine mammals.

Porpoises populations are on the rebound in California after the state banned a fishing net meant to catch sea bass and halibut that accidentally killed the marine mammals.

An environmental nonprofit out of Monterey is applauding this year’s state budget that is funding a transition away from deadly gill-net fishing by awarding commercial fishermen cash for turning ...

Deep-set buoy gear is a better alternative for the California commercial swordfish fishery. Jeff Rotman / Alamy Stock Photo Dirty Gear Drift gill nets, however, might be an even nastier customer than ...

Georgia allows inshore gill nets in the spring for commercial shad fishing only. Inshore waters, like sounds and estuaries, are fertile grounds for fishing.

Drift gill nets can be 1 mile long, and although they are intended to catch swordfish, they can accidentally kill sea turtles, whales, dolphins and sea lions.

A study is being proposed on the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan to assess how many non-target game fish are caught in gill nets used by commercial fishermen seeking whitefish.

The policy also seeks to “phase out the use of non-tribal commercial fisheries in the mainstem Columbia River, and transition gill net use to off-channel areas.” ...

Georgia allows inshore gill nets in the spring for commercial shad fishing only. Inshore waters, like sounds and estuaries, are fertile grounds for fishing.

A file photo of a gill-netter on the Columbia River. (Steven Nehl/Oregonian file photo) Gov. Kate Brown, in another broken promise to sport anglers, there is a movement afoot to allow the ...

Gill net fishing is one of many human activities along the coast that can interact with and harm sea turtles. Other activities that can harm sea turtles include dredging for boat channels, beach ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. – The commercial flounder season opens for mobile gears tomorrow, and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding gill net fishermen that an Estuarine Gill Net Permit ...