The Philippine Supreme Court has voided the rule requiring commercial fishing vessels to carry trackers, ruling it breached rights against unreasonable searches and failed equal protection. BFAR will appeal; Oceana says enforcement is now blind.
Massachusetts filed emergency regulations on 31 July banning heavy shore-fishing tackle on Nantucket, closing the last gap in a rule written to stop anglers baiting white sharks in front of swimmers.
A $5,000 derby pays Humboldt County anglers to remove Sacramento pikeminnow from the Eel River, but the scientists behind it are clear the fish is an obstacle to salmon recovery rather than its cause - and that clearing them out entirely is not possible.
The American Sportfishing Association's 2026 Special Report on Fishing found 57 million Americans fished in 2025, the first drop since 2021, with a record 19 million anglers dropping out - and the industry is arguing over whether defunded national recruitment or long-term demographics is to blame.
Florida wildlife regulators have told Martin County it no longer has the power to police beach and shark fishing. Commissioners, surfers and the Indian Riverkeeper are now hunting for a public-safety workaround.
Jesse Spellicy took his first Toyota Series title with a bait his local rivals abandoned years ago, on a river cut off from its best water — while an Australian ex-fighter pilot led Day 1 without leaning on sonar.
A crew of Vinalhaven fishermen and the non-profit OceansWide recycled nearly 5,400 derelict lobster traps in a single winter. Buzz Scott thinks up to 100,000 more are still out there.
NOAA Fisheries finally enforced the Marine Mammal Protection Act import ban last year. Now it says the program is too complex to run, and is being sued from both sides.
Yellowstone, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho have all restricted fishing within days of each other as record heat and low flows push river temperatures to lethal levels for trout.
Return 'Em Right has trained about 50,000 reef anglers to fix barotrauma. From 13 May it stopped shipping descending devices for free -- and opened eligibility to the South Atlantic in the same year the federal mandate that made the gear compulsory hit its sunset date.
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has delayed New Zealand's contested Fisheries Amendment Bill until after the election, leaving bottom trawling -- two-thirds of the national commercial catch -- as an open campaign issue that scientists, industry and campaigners read in completely different ways.
A new UC Santa Barbara-led study linking catch records to trade data found shark-finning regulations produced no statistically significant change in exports, imports or consumption. Read alongside DNA evidence of protected fins in Hong Kong markets, it points at enforcement rather than legislation.