New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

A new alternative bait product that will help reduce the number of horseshoe crabs harvested from the Delaware Bay was introduced on May 29. For years, commercial eel and whelk fishers have dealt with ...

WARETOWN (New Jersey) — They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten. Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal ...

The lifeboat came to the rescue after a yacht off the coast of Kent became entangled in lobster and whelk pots. The Coastguard tasked Dungeness lifeboat to assist the 30 foot boat after it got ...

They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten. Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal areas around the world.

A seaside town has built a Christmas tree out of crab and whelk pots after lockdown restrictions meant its usual display could not happen. The "tree" on the quayside in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, is ...

Footage of a daring whale rescue has been released by the RNLI. Chris Lowe, from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, can be seen hanging off the side of a boat, freeing the humpback whale from "a ...

WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten. Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal ...

The tree made from about 120 crab and whelk pots took three days to build. A seaside town has built a Christmas tree out of crab and whelk pots after lockdown restrictions meant its usual display ...