TRENTON — The owner and the captain of a commercial fishing trawler has been accused by the state Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife with illegally harvesting ...

Fish may be evolving to evade capture from the nets on commercial fishing trawlers, according to new research. The study by the University of Glasgow has shown that fast-swimming, fitter fish are less ...

Recreational trawlers may have evolved from commercial fishing boats, but, as KRC Yachting’s latest line shows, the long-distance liveaboard yachts are by no means short on luxury. The Turkish yard’s ...

Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean, according to a new study by researchers in Israel. Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the ...

Fisheries managers allow whitefish trawlers to inadvertently scoop up halibut, crab and salmon in their nets. The bycatch rate is relatively low. But because the trawlers catch so much of their target ...

Commercial fishing in US Arctic waters is to be banned at least until its effects are understood, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has decided. Commercial fishing in US Arctic waters is to ...

Like an obstinate child, the Emerald Sea sank into the sand and refused to budge. The 62-foot commercial fishing boat, trawling for sardines off Newport Beach, ran aground early Friday -- an incident ...

The sight of a commercial fishing vessel usually conjures up images of long hours of arduous labor often conducted in rough weather and always accompanied by the threat of injury. However, Bruce ...