FUTURE FROM SPARROWS POINT. LOWELL: THE ROLE OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY WATERMAN IS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT THESE DAYS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY CRABBING OUT ON THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, THEY ARE NOW ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine ...

As whale populations swell along the California coast, Dungeness crab fishermen are struggling to stay afloat. Fear of entangling whales in a minefield of ropes extending from traps on the ocean floor ...

FT. MONROE, Va.— Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning in blue crab ...