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NOAA Permits Let 4 States Run Longer Atlantic Red Snapper Seasons

The move tests app-based reporting to gather better data during longer openings.

Minnesota Lowers Mille Lacs Yellow Perch Limit to Five Through November 2026

Dozens Fined as Abalone Season’s Second Hour Sees Heavy Patrols and Fewer Rescues

Michigan Sets Feb. 7 Start for Black Lake Sturgeon Season With Six-Fish Cap

Three Men Charged Over Shark-Head Dump at WA Minister’s Office as Demersal Ban Nears

Peru Opens 2026 Southern Anchoveta Season With 251,000-Ton Quota

California Sets Jan. 5 Opening for Central Dungeness Crab With 40% Trap Cut as North Awaits Tests

Galicia Reopens a Handful of Mussel Farms, Triggering Exports as Toxin Crisis Lingers

Peru Nears 500 Artisanal Squid Vessels Registered for High-Seas Fishing

Galicia’s Spider Crab Season Opens With Big Landings, Near-€35 Prices and Stepped-Up Patrols

California Delays Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Statewide, Sets Recreational Opener With Limits

Peru Says No Foreign Vessels Entered Its 200-Mile Zone in 2025 as Satellite Patrol Tightens

Peru Reopens Pota Fishery Oct. 1 With 40,000‑Tonne Initial Quota

France Sets Jan. 10, 2026 Start for Recreational Sea Catch Reporting

DFO Opens Rare Fraser River Sockeye Fishery With Tight Limits

Bodies of Three Fishermen Recovered After Tuljai Capsizes Off Raigad Coast

Record 1,300 Bluefin Tuna Dumped Off Yeongdeok After Quota Exhaustion

California Halts Commercial Salmon Fishing for Third Year Due to Population Crisis

California Ends Dungeness Crab Season Early to Protect Whales

Maine Lobster Fishermen Sue Over New Electronic Monitoring Rules