Fishing

Anglers who land one of the special pink-tagged lunkers could win from $5,000 to $10,000; one of the eight remaining largemouth still cruises around Lake Trafford in Collier County.

Florida's $30 million stone crab industry is snapping mad over a state government change that reduces by five weeks the seven-month harvest season for...

The coronavirus is affecting the local economy through important local industries, like tourism. It's also having a severe impact on another industry —...

A commercial fisherman in the Florida Keys has been sentenced in a case involving undersized lobsters. The sentence also keeps him out of the water for...

Importing, exporting and selling shark fins would be illegal in Florida, under a proposal filed Thursday by state Rep. Kristin Jacobs, D-Coconut Creek....

What could become the nation's first fish farm in federal offshore waters has been proposed for 45 miles off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico. And it is...

There is one more victim of the red tide outbreak that plagued Florida’s Gulf Coast last year. This season’s stone crab harvest is among the state's...

Spiny lobster season in Florida lasts from Aug. 6 to March 31, and the state's wildlife commission has rules in place to ensure that it's not a free-for...

People who fish for sharks in Florida will soon have to get a special permit. State wildlife officials are also banning chumming from shore, which...

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote Feb. 20 on a plan to limit the practice and protect...