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Environmentalists clashed with the fishing industry yesterday over calls to ban cod catches next year.
The advice came from the scientists at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) who say the move is necessary to boost stocks in UK waters.
The findings, which were predicted earlier this week, are contained in a report [...]

Fishing restrictions lifted Blackfoot and Little Blackfoot rivers
GREAT FALLS - The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department on Friday lifted fishing restrictions on the Blackfoot and Little Blackfoot rivers, along with the Dearborn, Smith and Sun rivers.
Fishing has been closed from noon until midnight on the Little Blackfoot River since July 27, while [...]

Feds unveil California fishing plan
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities have unveiled a proposal to double the size of no-fishing zones around the Channel Islands off Southern California to protect marine life.
About 20 percent of the waters surrounding five islands off Ventura and Santa Barbara counties would be closed to harvest under the plan. No-fishing zones [...]

National Fishing Week returns this year between 19-28 August, with opportunities to join in alongside one of the UK’s canals or rivers.
With over 2,200-miles of canals and rivers, British Waterways is encouraging angling amateurs and enthusiasts alike to grab a rod and get fishing. Whether a beginner trying your hand for the first time, or [...]

High prices are paid by traders for bluefin (© WWF-Mediterranean/P Guglielmi)
Bluefin tuna stocks in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean are being stripped bare by illegal fishing, WWF has warned in a report.

Traditional tuna-trap fishermen in the Gibraltar Straits have caught 80% less fish in the last three years compared with the 1990s, the [...]