The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the successful prosecution and conviction of a Santa Barbara commercial lobster fisherman on a multitude of commercial lobster ...

Three commercial fishermen based in the Florida Keys were arrested Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, after being accused of raiding another angler’s lobster traps. Getty Images Three commercial fishermen were ...

Two Miami-Dade men and one Broward man are in Monroe County jail on felony lobster trap robbing charges after Florida fish and wildlife police said they caught them in the act of poaching from ...

Twenty-three volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together recently to remove more than 30 lobster traps that had washed ashore. This is ...

NEWINGTON — The captain of a 400-foot-long Panamanian cargo ship was arrested by New Hampshire Fish and Game agents June 6 for using stolen lobster and crab fishing gear and for being unlicensed, ...

Three Florida Keys commercial fishermen were arrested last week after state fish and wildlife police officers say they raided other commercial anglers’ lobster traps. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

A lobsterman was allegedly found illegally trap fishing on the Shark River Reef in August, according to the New Jersey Conservation Officer's Association. Lobster fishermen are not allowed to place ...

Hundreds of abandoned and derelict lobster traps that continue to catch and kill marine life in Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay are being removed by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County ...

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 ...

Three commercial fishermen were arrested this week after being accused of raiding another commercial angler’s traps and stealing at least one spiny lobster. Their arrest Tuesday came five days after ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. On Saturday, April 19th, twenty-three volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing ...

Below is a Press Release from the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper regarding the cleanup of approximately thirty lobster traps from local beaches. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On Saturday, April 19th, ...