The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is advancing a plan to reduce a protective "no fishing" buffer for the ...

The Gulf's red snapper population sharply declined in previous decades, but has been gradually improving. Quotas are in place ...

Louisiana residents and fishermen have until Friday to voice their thoughts on the controversial proposed changes to ...

Lawmakers are calling for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to take action on illegal red snapper ...

For generations, Louisiana’s menhaden fishing industry has supported small coastal communities and harvested a sustainable resource while employing responsible fishing practices that protect the ...

The boat was slicing through choppy waves many miles out to sea when the cry went out and fingers pointed the captain toward a patch of blue water, boiling with gray froth. It was a pogie ball, a ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s ...

The largest commercial fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is accidentally killing and discarding more than 22,000 redfish annually in Louisiana waters, according to an independent study released ...

On April 17, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to open the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument for commercial fishing. The monument is one of the world's largest ocean ...

Louisiana resident Adam Petersen was ahead of the curve when he named his Cajun charter fishing boat company "Gulf of America Outfitters." The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a ...