Fishing

Colorado's Revenue From Hunting and Fishing Licenses Jumped In 2019

Ali Budner

As the Mountain West grows and hunter numbers decline , states are finding ways to bring in more revenue to fund conservation.

A man throws a snapper onto a pile in a fish market in East Java, Indonesia. For certain snappers, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this is a recipe for collapse.

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Why Restaurant Demand For Smaller Fish Fillets Is Bad 暗黑爆料 For Oceans

Alastair Bland

Many U.S. chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven't reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.

Guns & America

Hug-A-Hunter Ad Campaign Gets Attention

Leigh Paterson

You might have seen the Hug-a-Hunter or Hug-an-Angler ads on TV or social media over the past year. Through both messaging and humor, the campaign aims to鈥�

Environment

Recent Cool, Wet Weather Offers Little Relief For Colorado Drought Conditions

Luke Runyon

Parts of Colorado are experiencing the worst drought conditions in more than a decade.The severity of the drought varies across the state, from few if any鈥�

Environment

To Reverse The Disappearance Of Native Fish, Northern Colorado Is Turning To Fish Ladders

Matt Bloom

Standing at the edge of the Cache La Poudre River in Fort Collins, Boyd Wright adjusted his sunglasses against the bright sunlight. He pointed to the鈥�

Fish Recovery and its Economic Implications in the Big Thompson

Maeve Conran, Rocky Mountain Community Radio

About three years ago, flood waters rushed down the Big Thompson River through Estes Park and eastward to Loveland, destroying whole stretches of the...

Environment

Pulling Colorado's State Fish Back From The Brink

Colorado's mountain streams are premier trout fishing destinations, but anglers aren't likely to reel in a greenback cutthroat trout. That's because until鈥�

Frozen tuna in the hold of the Chinese ship "Heng Xing 1" in an area of international waters near the exclusive economic zone of Indonesia, 14 November 2012.

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Should We Close Part Of The Ocean To Keep Fish On The Plate?

Alastair Bland

Tuna, swordfish and other migratory fishes are being overfished by vessels on the high seas. A new proposal says we should close these international waters for a few years to let the fishes rebound.

Cannonball jellyfish soak up the sun on a South Carolina beach. Fishermen are now pursuing the pest that used to clog their shrimping nets.

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Southern Fishermen Cash In On Asia's Taste For Jellyfish

Alastair Bland

After the worst year for shrimping in recent memory, fishermen in the Southeast U.S. say they're thankful to catch jellyfish for the Asian market. But conservationists say the expanding jellyfish fishery is a sign of the ocean's decline.

Carly Milkowski, resource coordinator at hunger relief agency Wayside Food Services, shows students Jessica Jamison and Autumn Felker how to make fish cakes using a Martha Stewart recipe.

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An Innovative Plan To Reel In Sport Fishermen To Feed The Hungry

Christine Burns Rudalevige

Fish is an important part of a healthful diet, but it can be hard to come by for groups that feed the hungry. A brand-new scheme being launched this week in Maine aims to change that, by getting the state's many sport fishermen to donate catch that would otherwise be discarded.