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News Articles: fishing

Vezo 'ocean monitors' dive on a coral reef in Madagascar's Barren Isles. The data they collect is used to evaluate ocean health and improve conservation decisions.

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  • Global Health

Photos: Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.

December 26, 2024
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By:
  • Julie Bourdin and
  • Sira Thierij
Bull trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout are among the native fish species in Western Montana that are prized by anglers  and threatened by warming waters.

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  • Climate

Too hot for trout: Why some anglers are rethinking their approach to fly fishing

As Western Montana's blue-ribbon trout waters warm due to climate change, anglers are increasingly wrestling with the ethics of their sport.

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
Shoal bass fish.

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  • Politics

Anglers and paddlers closely watch bill intended to make some streambeds off limits in Georgia

Conservationists and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a measure that they say will unravel the protections for fishing and hunting in Georgia that were fast-tracked last session.

March 26, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
 Paddling groups have raised concerns that a new proposal could greatly curtail Georgians’ ability to paddle and explore some of the state’s premiere paddling destinations like South Chickamauga Creek in North Georgia. Photo courtesy of Georgia River Network

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  • News

Georgia House approves bill to allow property owners to restrict access to state’s smaller waterways

The House has signed off on a controversial measure that opponents say will limit the public’s ability to float and paddle on Georgia’s smaller waterways.

February 27, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
fish

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  • Animals

Unusual haul of fish illegally caught in Georgia given to family in need, officials say

An unusual wildlife seizure didn’t go to waste when Georgia wildlife officials gave the catch to a local family in need.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Makiya Seminera
Boat

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  • News

Georgia lawmakers to tackle fishing rights issue

Georgia lawmakers passed legislation on the last day of this year’s General Assembly session guaranteeing Georgians the right to fish in navigable portions of the state’s rivers and streams.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

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  • Education

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Evan Erickson
Researchers found that plastic debris sits atop almost 92% of the reefs they studied, including some of the most remote and uninhabited ones. Here in Oman, plastic floats past an otherwise healthy reef.

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  • Environment

Plastic is suffocating coral reefs — and it's not just bottles and bags

A new study takes a comprehensive look at the plastic debris smothering reefs, where in the ocean it's more prevalent — and how to deal with the problem.

July 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Public right to fish saved in final seconds of General Assembly session

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  • News

Public right to fish saved in final seconds of General Assembly session

Georgians’ right to fish in navigable portions of the state’s rivers and streams was safeguarded in the final seconds of this year’s legislative session.

April 14, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
A cannonball jellyfish is shown washed up along a sandy shore.

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  • News

Jellyfish for dinner? It's all about the proteins

A University of Georgia researcher is looking at ways to use jellyfish proteins as a food ingredient.

February 02, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

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  • Latin America

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis
Jacob Runyan (left) and Chase Cominsky pleaded not guilty to cheating and other felonies Wednesday, related to a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie where they were accused of stuffing five walleye fish with lead weights and fish filets.

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  • National

Walleye fishermen plead not guilty in cheating scandal

Fishermen Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky are accused of packing weights into fish at an Ohio tournament where nearly $30,000 was on the line.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Authorities seized Chase Cominsky's fishing boat and trailer as a tool of crime, after he and his fishing partner were indicted on charges of cheating in a fishing tournament.

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  • Sports

Fishermen face felony charges over a cheating scandal at an Ohio tournament

A grand jury indicted the fishing team on charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools. They had stood to win nearly $30,000.

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Justine Adhiambo Obura with one of the "No Sex for Fish" boats at Nduru beach. She is the chairperson of the cooperative that came up with a radical idea in a community where fishermen often demanded transactional sex before giving a supply of fish to a woman to sell: What if women had their own boats and hired men to fish for them?

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the 'No Sex for Fish' women after the flood? Hint: It's 'amazing'

That's what a charity worker said of their latest plan. The Kenyan fishmongers got their own boats to escape pressure to trade sex for fish to sell. Then floods wiped them out. Now there's new hope.

September 11, 2022
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By:
  • Viola Kosome,
  • Rebecca Davis,
  • and 1 more
Researchers estimate there are only about 10 vaquita porpoises still living in Mexico's Gulf of California.

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  • Animals

Scientists say endangered porpoise isn't doomed — so long as humans stop killing them

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.

May 05, 2022
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  • Kendal Blust
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