North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a bill that would kill the state's shrimping industry. On Thursday, the state Senate voted on House Bill 442, which had recently been passed by the state's House ...

Citing continuing pressures on the fishery, state officials announced Thursday that there will be no recreational flounder season in 2024.. The move comes after years of smaller and smaller ...

In the 1980s, Rich Hittinger’s favorite rite of early spring was chasing winter flounder. On many March days, he anchored his six-meter boat, Ermala—named for his three children, Eric, Mark ...

The rich food history of Murrells Inlet is interwoven with fishing nets. South Carolina's salt marshland is the ideal habitat to catch fresh flounder, blue crab, croaker, shrimp, clams, as well as ...

That bill was intended to create a short fishing season for flounder ... restrictions in Virginia and South Carolina and is needed to protect the 2.2 million acres of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary ...

Whitebait (inanga) were among the hundreds of fish found dead in an Otago estuary.Scott Hammond / Stuff The Otago Regional Council (ORC) says it's unclear what killed hundreds of dead smelt ...

House Bill 442 "Restore Flounder/Red Snapper Season" in the North Carolina Legislature could change things. North Carolina State Representative Ed Goodwin is one of the bills sponsors. “I ...

The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program is a presidential signature away from becoming the first agency in 30 years to receive the coveted designation of National Estuary Program.. On ...

Despite the heat, July ushers in the best inshore fishing of the summer, with many species of fish out there for anglers to ...

The state is restoring the 260-acre Capitol Lake to an estuary. That involves removing the 5th Avenue dam and restoring tidal flow.

On Tuesday morning, the provision was inserted into House Bill 442, which deals with recreational fishing of flounder and red snapper. It's scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor Wednesday ...

Newport is the first city on the Oregon Coast to adopt a new estuary management plan in more than 40 years.. The city jointly manages the Yaquina Bay Estuary with Lincoln County and the city of ...