WASHINGTON -- A change in fishing technology -- including hooks and bait -- could sharply reduce the accidental catch of sea turtles, the National Marine Fisheries Service said yesterday. The agency ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - A sea turtle that was hooked on someone’s bait at the Tybee pier is back in the ocean after folks on the island worked together to release it. Julie Tatum sent us the video.

MAYPORT — The evolution of king mackerel trolling, tackle, boats, baits, tactics and a hundred other things has been an ever-changing story in Northeast Florida over the last 40 years. But, happily, ...

Scientists have studied interactions between the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and fishing gear such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of climate ...

FULLERTON – The scattering of hungry little heads waited expectantly on the pond’s surface as biologist Sara Schuster cast her line into the water. Two turtles fought and tussled as she reeled in the ...