These commercial fishermen must be masters of navigation and net control to not crash into one another and get their nets tangled up in a massive mess. Once they all take off at once, it's a free-for-all boat battle only the best crews could be able to walk away from! ...
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Officer with the FWC discovered a fishing vessel that was 1500 pounds over its limit after boarding it 35 miles offshore. The violation resulted in a $14,000 fine from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Overfishing is a practice that only ends up hurting those that follow ...
READ MORE +Ben Raines of Al.com just released an explosive, in-depth study of the new 'Lords of the Sea' that are controlling millions of dollars of fishing quota on the Gulf Coast of the United States. It all began in 2007 when the Individual Fishing Quota system, or IFQ, was established, and began a ...
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