Subscribe . Today's Paper & More. Loomis, godfather of the high-tech, graphite fishing rod industry, is the organizer and head cheerleader behind the appearance in the Pacific Northwest of the Coastal Conservation Association, a 30-year-old Texas-based organization founded to help curb the commercial fishing that nearly destroyed redfish and speckled trout sport fisheries off Texas. Loomis, godfather of the high-tech, graphite fishing rod industry, is the organizer and head cheerleader...

The 82-year-old wooden dragger was still at its moorings around 9:30 pm Wednesday night but when assistant harbormaster Duane Steele made his rounds at 11:30, the boat had sunk. At that meeting Vincente said the boat was not a hazard and he was attempting to sell it, along with his commercial fishing permits. The dragger had been confined to the pier early this year after the local Coast Guard boarded the 60-foot boat and found Vincente did not have the required cold weather safety gear....

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources expressed the Sultanate's support for the second phase of the Regional Framework for the control and eradication of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Asean with the endorsement of the Asean Regional Strategy for the Progressive Control and Eradication of HPAI for 2008-2010. Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources expressed the Sultanate's support for the second phase of the Regional...

The bill would change both the composition and the mission of the state's Fish and Game Council, in ways that would deprive sportsmen of control over the council and, at the very least, shift its emphasis away from hunting and toward "nonlethal" means of animal control. The bill would change both the composition and the mission of the state's Fish and Game Council, in ways that would deprive sportsmen of control over the council and, at the very least, shift its emphasis away from hunting...

Kulongoski said he wants to cap the reserves at fewer than 10, a number that would not severely impact the fishing industry. At stake, say officials, are the livelihoods of commercial fishermen and the tourism revenues from visiting sport fishermen, who spent $26. Michael Carrier, Kulongoski's natural-resources policy adviser, said reserves would be created in a way that minimizes the impact on local economies. Kulongoski's comments came after at least 14 coastal ports and city governments...

The decision to suspend the fishing of abalone would impact the livelihood of many families in coastal communities and government was putting in place a social plan to mitigate this. JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa's environment ministry said on Wednesday it has postponed a ban on fishing dwindling abalone stocks in an attempt to lessen the impact on some 800 people who stood to lose their jobs. Also known as perlemoen, the abalone mollusc is a sought-after delicacy in parts of east Asia...