Tag: Fisheries

Game of inches: Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry

PORTLAND, Maine -- Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the...

Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland -- The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic coast province’s economy and...

The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That's the first time in history

ROME -- The global total volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that is harvested from farming has topped the amount...