The National Marine Fisheries Service has adopted new monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen of groundfish, like haddock and flounder, to try to improve the accuracy of the data.

The U.S. lobster industry is based primarily in Maine and is one of the most lucrative fishing businesses in the country. Maine lobster were worth more than $700 million at the docks last year.

Funds for federal services that fishermen, aquaculturists and others rely on would be slashed, and UMaine's vital Sea Grant program would be gone.

Fishing in U.S. territorial waters is managed by the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is charged with providing productive and sustainable fisheries based on the best available science.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The National Marine Fisheries Service has accepted a petition filed by a trio of environmental groups seeking to list Oregon’s Chinook salmon populations as threatened ...

A federal judge found in favor of conservation groups July 8, in a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service and other agencies alleging they’ve failed to protect North Atlantic ...