Commercial Fishing : Discovery News

Hip-Hip Hooray for Fish Today!

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012 05:56 AM ET | 0

New nationwide protections for more than 500 fish species are going into effect this year. Read more

Cute Otters Spark Ugly Battle

Posted by Emily Sohn Wed Oct 12, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

Conservationists want to introduce them back to California waters, but fishermen say their livelihoods could be ruined. Read more

Hammerheads, Other Sharks Protected at Paris Meet

Posted Sat Nov 27, 2010 02:06 PM ET | 0

In response to steep population declines due to overfishing, several species of Atlantic shark are now protected and cannot be hunted. Read more

Deepwater Shark Diets Include Other Sharks

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Mon Jul 12, 2010 08:00 AM ET | 0

These sharks' diets had long been a mystery, but DNA sequencing is shedding light on how they survive in their deepwater world. Read more

Dead Zone in Gulf Linked to Oil

Posted by Jessica Marshall Fri Jul 9, 2010 08:21 AM ET | 0

Oxygen-starved conditions that have persisted for more than a month in the Gulf of Mexico are likely due to the BP oil spill, researchers say. Read more

A Major Blow to Bluefin Tuna

Posted Thu Mar 18, 2010 07:25 PM ET | 0

A proposed global ban on trading the fish failed today, leaving their future in jeopardy. Read more

Poison Planned to Repel Asian Carp Invasion

Posted Wed Dec 2, 2009 01:25 PM ET | 0

Gluttonous Asian carp in the Great Lakes could starve out other species. Read more

Shark Fins Traced to Endangered Populations

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:05 AM ET | 0

Fins from endangered sharks living in waters off of U.S. coastlines are ending up in markets in China. Read more

False Killer Whales Declining Near Hawaii: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:25 PM ET

Numbers of a dolphin species that resembles the orca are declining at an alarming rate, a new study says. Read more

Bush Establishes 3 New Marine Monuments : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:23 PM ET

Three marine areas, totaling 195,274 square miles, are slated to be protected as national monuments. Read more

Toothy Sawfish Doomed by Own Design : Discovery News

Posted Tue Dec 2, 2008 07:16 AM ET

The same sharp jaws that allow sawfish to survive in the wild may be responsible for their decline, say scientists. Read more

In Shark Vs. Polar Bear Smackdown, Shark Wins : Discovery News

Posted Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:20 AM ET

A polar bear jawbone found in the stomach of a Greenland shark raises eyebrows. Read more

Jellyfish Booms Signal Trouble : Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed Jun 18, 2008 06:25 AM ET

Many of the biggest ancient mass extinctions correlated with a rise in sea level, argues one scientist. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Nov 16, 2007 09:02 AM ET

Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of the turtles are killed annually by commercial fishing and... Read more