Now that the federal government has reopened—for now, at least—it can get to work on complying with a Jan. 18 court ruling. That's when a judg…
For the first time in four years, the rare and federally listed Salinas River steelhead may be able to find its way between spawning grounds i…
A week ago, on Oct. 26, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced the 2017 catch limit for the central subpopulation of northern anchovy…
Don't count on fresh Monterey Bay sardines for dinner anytime soon.
Bottom trawling—dragging nets along the sea floor to catch species like halibut and sanddabs—isn't always the destructive fishing method it's …
(A later and more expanded version of this story appeared Nov. 26, 2014. Click here for that one.)
Back in 2009, the National Marine Fisheries Service and California American Water Co. inked a settlement agreement to mitigate the company's i…
Loggerhead sea turtles caught a break July 25, when the National Marine Fisheries Service closed 25,000 square miles of ocean off Southern Cal…