State commissioners at a packed meeting in Baton Rouge on Thursday approved a proposal to ease some regulations on ...

In 2022, a menhaden fishing ship and its net boats spilled about a million fish off the Louisiana coast, leaving the floating mass to rot in the summer sun. A few months later, another spill blanketed ...

A decision on the most significant restrictions ever proposed for Louisiana's largest fishery will have to wait. On Thursday, the state Wildlife and Fisheries Commission decided not to decide on ...

The port city of Venice sitting on the mouth of the Mississippi river - Jacob Boomsma/Shutterstock New Orleans offers a ...

Few people realize that one of Louisiana’s most valuable fisheries isn’t for shrimp, oysters, or crab—but for a small, unassuming fish that has fueled our state and local economies: the menhaden. The ...

Need a new fishing license or boat registration, but no time to drive to Baton Rouge? This December, there will be a great ...

Since its premiere in 2006, Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch is an addictive look into the wild and treacherous lives of those aboard crab fishing boats in the Bering Sea — an occupation that ...