What started as a day on the water with a friend turned into a full-on rescue mission of 38 dogs. Bob Gist, 61, a State Farm agent in Arkansas, decided to go on a fishing trip with his friend Brad Carlisle, a State Farm agent in Tennessee, after not seeing each other for a while, […]
Jun. 11—June 7, 1924 Alice Carlson best speller Alice Carlson, age 14, student of the Wentworth school, town of Amnicon, won the Douglas County spelling, arithmetic and penmanship contest held yesterday afternoon in the county board rooms, courthouse. Examinations were written, with 100 words taken from the state fair spelling contest being given, together with […]
Mary Mahoney’s Old French House Restaurant has long been a destination for gumbo and steak, a spot where celebrities dine, that locals adore and that just this month was named among the most beautiful restaurants in the country. So news that it pleaded guilty on Thursday to mislabeling fish and defrauding customers hit many across […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 100 Filipino activists and fishermen, along with journalists, sailed Wednesday to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Beijing’s coast guard and suspected militia ships have used powerful water cannons to ward off what they regard as intruders. The Philippine coast guard deployed three patrol ships and a […]
A flotilla of about 100 mostly small fishing boats led by Filipino activists sailed on Wednesday to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. It is an area where Beijing’s coast guard and suspected militia ships have used powerful water cannons to ward off what they regard as intruders. The Philippine coast guard and […]
Mathias Labah normally catches fish in the Baltic Sea but today, the rope he is pulling out of the water a few kilometres off Germany’s north coast is not a net filled with herring or cod, but a plastic cylinder about 30 centimetres long. Labah carefully hoists the device onto the deck of the Solea […]
Two groups of San Luis Obispo County fishermen are worried marine surveys related to offshore wind development will disrupt the local fishing industry — and they want the court to stop them before that can happen. The Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen’s Organization and the Port San Luis Commercial Fishermen’s Organization are suing the California Coastal […]
Two First Nations fishermen have said they were forced to walk shoeless for hours in the dark and cold after Canadian federal officers seized their boots and phones. Prime minister Justin Trudeau said the allegations were “extremely troubling” amid mounting anger over the treatment of the Mi’kmaw fishermen, whose ordeal has prompted comparisons with the […]
NEW BEDFORD — John Verissimo works as a fishing consultant following his career as a fishing boat captain and often answers calls about how the new Vineyard Wind Fisheries Compensation Fund will work. “Basically, every day I’ll get a call from someone who will tell me, I need help with this, I need help with […]
Taiwan and China authorities are still working together on at least one front: coast guard rescue. Taiwan’s coast guard has helped China with 17 rescues in the last three years, the agency’s chief said. Both coast guards launched a joint operation to search for Chinese fishermen on Thursday. Taiwan’s coast guard has run more than […]
Fishermen using sonar equipment located a vehicle at the bottom of an Illinois river that is connected to the 1976 disappearance of two men. The gold 1966 Chevrolet Impala was found about 8 to 10 feet below the surface of the Pecatonica River, Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana said at a news conference on Wednesday. […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — They’re wriggly, they’re gross and they’re worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis – worth orders […]