Rockfish are a very long-lived sedentary species with an average life expectancy of 75 years, although some species can live to be well over 100 years of age. The slow growth rates, low reproductive ...

NEWPORT, Ore. – ODFW is holding two public meetings to discuss the commercial black and blue rockfish fishery and the nearshore fishery. Meetings will be held Sept. 10 in Port Orford with a virtual ...

In a decision environmentalists portrayed as a major victory in their fight to protect dwindling marine fish populations, a federal judge has issued a ruling that could slash commercial catches of two ...

Fearing a collapse of the fishery, federal regulators on Friday voted to ban bottom fishing next year on most of the continental shelf, including the toughest restrictions in history on catching ...

WASHINGTON — In a move being cheered by recreational anglers, President Bush will announce today new conservation goals for a popular Chesapeake Bay fish that include stricter limits on commercial ...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission decided Tuesday to let more commercial fishermen pursue striped bass this year but kept limits in place that will continue to make commercial striped bass ...

Even if the president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, Larry Simns, is concerned about President Bush signing an executive order that will grant gamefish status for red drum and striped bass, ...