In its sixth year, the festival will feature local farm-raised shrimp, live music, games and more, said organizer Dave Smith. As patrons shop for the freshest, tastiest fish, they will be serenaded by bluegrass and folk music and Saturday will feature a Christian rock concert. The event is unusual because it offers local fish farmers and nonprofit organizations a free booth, he said. Smith said part of the festival's lure is that people can see where their food comes from. Flash player is...

What others are saying Make imported catfish safer More than 80 percent of the seafood that Americans eat comes from abroad, but the federal government's underfunded and overwhelmed food-safety system has been especially inept at intercepting contaminated imports. What others are saying Make imported catfish safer More than 80 percent of the seafood that Americans eat comes from abroad, but the federal government's underfunded and overwhelmed food-safety system has been especially inept at...

There are a handful of options on the table: impose a five-year moratorium on both recreational and commercial activity; close Maryland waters to commercial fishing for the first two or three months of the year, when the yellow perch are spawning; prohibit fyke nets and fish pots in spawning areas; set catch quotas. Search baltimoresun.com Web enhanced by Login or register Subscriber Services Classified Place an ad. There are a handful of options on the table: impose a five-year moratorium...

He was fishing for sharks - specifically for sand tiger sharks, which have been going up the Jones River on the tide this summer. With funding from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, the shark researchers can tag the right size shark with the latest in satellite tracking technology. Fishermen who catch the streamer-tagged sharks are welcome to read the tag information and report it or cut the tag off and send it to the researchers. Actually, the sharks have been reported as found in...

Jenny Davey TUCKED AWAY in a sleepy corner of north Hampshire, where residents live in thatched cottages and spend their days fishing in the river Test, is Branch 360 of Waitrose the codename for an extraordinary, 4,000-acre country estate owned by the supermarket chain. Jenny Davey TUCKED AWAY in a sleepy corner of north Hampshire, where residents live in thatched cottages and spend their days fishing in the river Test, is Branch 360 of Waitrose the codename for an extraordinary,...

The baseline allowances are 7.5 tonnes each for recreational and customary fishers and 22 tonnes for quota owners, and 11 tonnes for fishing-related mortality. There has been an increase for Maori customary and recreational fishing from 7.5 to 10 tonnes meat weight and the annual catch entitlement (ACE) for quota owners has been increased from 22 to 108 tonnes meat weight. Low TACs and allowances are set to ensure sustainability, then in-season surveys are used to find out how many...