fishing

A “monster”-sized alligator gar caught in East Texas may break records after a nearly three-hour battle to reel in the beast.

A Canadian fisherman was in for some heart pounding shock when he realized he had hooked a Great White Shark instead of a striped bass.

Fears among Japanese fishermen that the planned release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear reactor could ruin their industry grew over the weekend as Chinese consumers announced they will boycott Japanese seafood, while South Korea said it will be banned outright.

Lea Anne Powell has won the title of being a women’s world record holder after catching a massive Largemouth Bass at a Texas lake in February.

Three out of the six members of England’s women’s angling team have quit after a transgender athlete was allowed to join the team for an upcoming major competition, the Daily Mail reported.

A bear attack is suspected in the case of a missing fisherman after a human head was found near a lake in Japan.

Two fishermen who made national headlines last year for placing weights and fillets in their catch to increase prize money received 10-day prison sentences after pleading guilty to cheating.

Scientists from Australia and Japan have broken the record for spotting the deepest fish ever seen, as well as for catching the deepest fish ever caught.

Fishermen in Port Aransas, Texas, hauled in a massive fish on March 24 that snapped a pole in two after a long battle.

Two men who were caught stuffing fish with lead weights to win an Ohio fishing tournament weigh-in last year have now plead guilty.

A Canadian woman wrestled a colossal lake trout for almost an hour during an ice fishing trip this month.

A fisherman from Argentina has landed in the record books after catching a 550-pound, freshwater stingray in the Paraná River on Wednesday.

A Mexican diver was reportedly decapitated by a great white shark in what is believed to be the first fatal shark attack of the year which happened on January 5.

A father and son team from North Carolina will have a story to tell, and the North Carolina record books will have a new entry to make after the pair of anglers hauled in 560-pound swordfish off the coast of the Tar Heel State late last month.

Alaska officials have canceled the upcoming Bering Sea snow crab harvest season for the first time ever in an effort to combat the species’ population decline.

A pair of Ohio fishermen were stripped of their tournament win after judges discovered that they had put lead weights inside their catch.

A Dutch non-profit group called The Ocean Cleanup released a report on September 1 that found the bulk of the plastic debris in the so-called North Pacific Garbage Patch consists of discarded fishing equipment from Japan and China. 

A man was arrested for allegedly murdering his fishing partner out of fear that his friend would “feed him to Bigfoot,” according to the authorities.

The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish was caught recently in Cambodia’s Mekong River, and people looked on in awe of the massive creature.

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), a London-based non-governmental organization, this week published a report on the destructive, largely unregulated, and often illegal operations of China’s immense deep-water fishing fleet.

British fishermen have reacted with fury to Boris Johnson praising himself for having “Got Brexit Done” on the two-year anniversary of Britain’s belated break with the European Union, reminding Breitbart News of how they were “sold out”.

After months of wrangling, the European Union and the UK announced Wednesday that they have struck a fishing deal on their shared stocks,

CALAIS, France (AP) — French fishing crews blocked French ports and ferry traffic across the English Channel on Friday to disrupt the flow of goods to the U.K., in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licenses.

French fishermen have vowed to disrupt the flow of goods to the UK within the week over a post-Brexit dispute over fishing rights in British waters. French fishermen have said that they will disrupt the supply of goods entering Britain

Nigel Farage has called for the UK to suspend Brexit divorce payments to the EU if France fails to back down from trade war threats.

France and the UK agreed to de-escalate tensions over fishing rights after a meeting between President Macron and Boris Johnson in Rome.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights is a test of the U.K.’s credibility in a post-Brexit world.

The escalation in tensions in the English Channel between France and the UK over fishing rights may in fact be a symptom of a wider dispute over Brexit, with French Prime Minister Jean Castex admitting that Britain should be punished for leaving the European Union.

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s environment minister pledged Friday to retaliate if France carries through on threats to block UK ships from French ports, warning that “two can play at that game” in the worsening dispute rooted in Britain’s departure from the European Union.

The French detained a British fishing vessel and have threatened to block UK fish exports over the battle for post-Brexit fishing rights.

Fishermen in Jersey have accused the French of piracy as tensions increase over France’s demands for more licences to trawl in British waters, with the Jersey fishermen saying that should the French attempt to blockade their port again, they will retaliate.

The French have threatened to cut off energy supplies and blockade supply routes amid disputes over post-Brexit fishing access in UK waters.

According to Voice of America News (VOA) on Thursday, there is growing concern among fishermen working from Hawaii over the steadily increasing number of Chinese fishing vessels working in and near their waters. 

Lawmakers in Kenya are planning legislation to ban companies from importing fish from China, the country’s Daily Nation reported Tuesday, after years of controversy involving exploitation of natural resources and reports of Beijing selling the African country poisoned fish.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has teamed up with former Seahawks legends to raise funds for children in need.

The European Union has increased its estimates for the so-called Brexit “divorce bill” to almost £41 billion, as Britain and Europe clash over fishing and Northern Ireland.