fishing

At the rapid rate oil is leaking after the Deepwater Horizon rig accident, the spill will top the Exxon Valdez disaster in two months. With the slick approaching the coast, Gulf fishing businesses fear the worst.

In Oregon, six California sea lions have been euthanized this year by state wildlife officials under a special federal program that allows them to be killed if they are caught eating endangered fish. But as the sea lion death toll mounts, so too does the anger over their deaths.

Since a new study declared that the recession lured 630,000 more Americans to the low-cost pastime of fishing in 2009, WalletPop thought it might be time to reel in more newcomers for 2010. Once you get our tips for angling on the cheap from Clark Evans, the manager of Old Inlet Bait and Tackle in...

That luscious ahi tuna roll you chowed down on at your local sushi joint? It's the same as eating an endangered Siberian tiger. Well, not quite. But scientists are increasingly worried that ahi, the blood-red belle of the raw-fish ball, is being quickly fished to extinction courtesy of the...

In case you haven't heard, there's something of a crisis going on in the coastal waters along America's Eastern Seaboard. No, it's not the Russian sub that spooked U.S. defense officials when it patrolled the area last month. The problem is that a big drop -- 30 percent in some cases -- in lobster...

You know the saying, if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Well,German philosopher Karl Marx had an interesting twist on the teach a man to fish quote: 'Sell a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin...

Mix together a huge population bubble approaching retirement with savings depleted by a sagging economy and you end up with a lot of people with free time and not much money to spend. This is sweet music to purveyors of cheap recreations like fishing and camping, especially when it comes with the...

When John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, wildlife lovers cringed for two reasons. The first is that she seems like just the kind of smart, young leader who has battled corruption and government waste that could get not so environmentally friendly Republicans elected. The second is that...