/tags/commercial-fishing commercial fishing en-US WLRN Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:00:59 GMT /local-news/2022-08-03/feds-target-us-companies-caught-in-lucrative-shark-fin-trade A spate of recent criminal indictments highlights how U.S. companies, taking advantage of a patchwork of federal and state laws, are supplying a market for shark fins that activists say is reprehensible. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:00:59 GMT /local-news/2022-08-03/feds-target-us-companies-caught-in-lucrative-shark-fin-trade The Associated Press /news/2021-03-30/spiny-lobster-fishery-gets-through-pandemic-season-with-help-from-the-internet-and-hurricane-relief Spiny lobster season in Florida ends with the month of March. And the first full pandemic fishing season saw mixed results, with prices bouncing back but lobster missing from some key areas. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:12:55 GMT /news/2021-03-30/spiny-lobster-fishery-gets-through-pandemic-season-with-help-from-the-internet-and-hurricane-relief Nancy Klingener /environment/2021-02-21/ropeless-lobster-fishing-could-save-the-whales-could-it-kill-the-industry One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope, but there is hope in new ropeless technology. Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:28:57 GMT /environment/2021-02-21/ropeless-lobster-fishing-could-save-the-whales-could-it-kill-the-industry Eve Zuckoff /2020-08-25/feds-select-gulf-of-mexico-as-opportunity-area-for-fish-farming The federal government has selected the Gulf of Mexico as a potential spot for offshore fish farming, along with waters off Southern California. They are the first regions designated as "Aquaculture Opportunity Areas." Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:06:01 GMT /2020-08-25/feds-select-gulf-of-mexico-as-opportunity-area-for-fish-farming Jessica Meszaros /2020-05-24/florida-commercial-stone-crabbers-say-proposed-industry-regulations-could-put-them-out-of-business Florida's $30 million stone crab industry is snapping mad over a state government change that reduces by five weeks the seven-month harvest season for... Sun, 24 May 2020 17:44:02 GMT /2020-05-24/florida-commercial-stone-crabbers-say-proposed-industry-regulations-could-put-them-out-of-business Marlowe Starling - Fresh Take Florida, Samantha Chery - Fresh Take Florida /environment/2020-04-09/the-coronavirus-is-punishing-south-floridas-fishing-industry-but-it-might-just-help-the-fish On a balmy evening this past February, before the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in South Florida, Capt. Bouncer Smith motored his 33-foot… Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:07:16 GMT /environment/2020-04-09/the-coronavirus-is-punishing-south-floridas-fishing-industry-but-it-might-just-help-the-fish Jenny Staletovich /2020-02-24/florida-fishermen-fret-as-shark-fin-sale-ban-moves-forward Dave Campo has been catching sharks since he was 12 years old. He spends his nights bobbing on the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean, waiting... Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:00:00 GMT /2020-02-24/florida-fishermen-fret-as-shark-fin-sale-ban-moves-forward Danielle Ivanov - Fresh Take Florida /news/2020-02-13/coronavirus-hitting-south-florida-lobster-industry-hard The coronavirus is affecting the local economy through important local industries, like tourism. It's also having a severe impact on another industry —… Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:09:09 GMT /news/2020-02-13/coronavirus-hitting-south-florida-lobster-industry-hard Nancy Klingener /news/2020-01-06/keys-fisherman-cant-dip-a-toe-in-keys-waters-for-five-years A commercial fisherman in the Florida Keys has been sentenced in a case involving undersized lobsters. The sentence also keeps him out of the water for… Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:50:56 GMT /news/2020-01-06/keys-fisherman-cant-dip-a-toe-in-keys-waters-for-five-years Nancy Klingener /news/2019-06-07/new-study-finds-red-tide-lethal-for-baby-stone-crabs The red tide on Florida's Gulf Coast last year killed dolphins, manatees and fish. A new study finds the toxic algae also affects stone crab, one of… Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:27:06 GMT /news/2019-06-07/new-study-finds-red-tide-lethal-for-baby-stone-crabs Nancy Klingener