The general trawl zone is being closed to commercial shrimp fishing — the state’s most valuable fishery — to protect overwintering stock that cold water is threatening to kill outright or ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today to prevent sea turtles from drowning when they get caught in shrimp trawl nets in the Gulf of Mexico and southeast Atlantic. Earthjustice filed ...

Two other men are waiting quietly near the docks, and at the sight of Fazio’s truck, they head for the Breadwinner, a 68-foot shrimp trawler docked in the first space. Suddenly, a boat engine ...

First was the news that a brand new shrimp and turbot trawler for Canada's Baffin Fisheries is finally en route to its new home after a nearly three-month delay. The Innuksuk II sailed out of ...

One trawler operating off the West coast of Norway and a shrimp trawler fishing in the Oslo fjord in Eastern Norway are helping to develop the new trawl technology. According to the Norwegian ...

American law forbids the import of shrimp harvested using fishing technology that may harm protected species of sea turtles.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation groups issued a formal notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for drastically weakening rules that prevent sea turtles from dying ...