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Deep-sea corals and sponges (DSCS) inhabit the world’s oceans and are often associated with high fish abundance. However, the precise nature and extent of any association is difficult to quantify and ...

PORTLAND -- The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday reopened an area of the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing after it was closed to protect the dark blotched rockfish, one of many ...

An appeals court ruling Wednesday will toss another monkeywrench into federal management of groundfish species on the West Coast. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco concluded ...

Ocean anglers will begin 2025 with a reduced bag limit on black rockfish, the most abundant groundfish species. From Jan. 1 through June 30, anglers will be allowed four groundfish total per day (it ...

For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the ...

Anglers with a special arrangement to go ice fishing Sunday on the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec caught a 109-pound Atlantic halibut that took them four hours to land. Remi and Mathieu Aubin needed help ...

Newfoundland’s northern cod was once thought to be an inexhaustible resource. In fact, much of the province’s history and culture continues to be linked with this iconic species. But in the 1990s, the ...