Mexico’s threatened totoaba fish is making a comeback thanks to a public-private effort that included the recent release of ...

The big AP was the first of two they landed that day, a boat limit for the Gulf of Mexico. They continued fishing for yellowtail snapper as well, bringing home a handful. Advertisement ...

The largest reported aggregation in the Gulf occurred in 2009, when aerial surveys counted approximately 420 whale sharks north of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Where did the aggregations go?

A group of sports fishermen caught a blue marlin last month weighing more than 1,000 pounds in the Gulf of Mexico. The anglers landed the giant fish, which measured 145 inches long, around 160 ...

After catch limits for greater amberjack were met, the 2023 Gulf of Mexico recreational fishing season for the species ended. The closure is needed to protect the specie's population.

A deckhand on the commercial fishing boat Alice Mae named Darvin (no last name given) awaits to hand off one of many baskets of Vermilion snapper from the ship's storage on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016.

Map of measured Gulf hypoxia zone, July 21–26, 2024. Red area denotes 2 mg/L of oxygen or lower, the level which is considered hypoxic, at the bottom of the seafloor.

The Gulf of Mexico has been ... It is the ninth largest body of ... Its shoreline stretches some 3,700 miles ‒ more than half of it bordering Mexico's coast, according to the U.S. Fish and ...