Ashored's Times & Tails

Prince Edward Island's lobster fishery faces its second closure in as many months following acoustic detection of a North Atlantic right whale off the northeast coast. Starting Friday, nine fishing grids in the North Lake and Souris regions will shut down for an estimated 15 days — affecting over 100 commercial operators who will lose weeks of productive season in a matter of days. The Cost of Reactive Management The timing underscores the vulnerability of existing management

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #26919 The number of large whales entangled in fishing...

A single North Atlantic right whale sighting has triggered an automatic 15-day closure in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On June 16, officials...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced that the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing season...