The boat was slicing through choppy waves many miles out to sea when the cry went out and fingers pointed the captain toward a patch of blue water, boiling with gray froth. It was a pogie ball, a ...

Three Terrebonne law firms met with fishing industry leaders to discuss the potential impacts of the LOOP oil spill.

Crude that spilled late last month from a key deepwater oil terminal has traveled 18 miles across open Gulf of Mexico waters and affected three islands that are part of a coastal wildlife refuge noted ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A day with family and friends ended with a large catch by one Louisiana fisherman. Thibodaux native Lee Grafton said he caught a 350.8-pound broadbill swordfish while fishing ...

On April 17, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to open the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument for commercial fishing. The monument is one of the world's largest ocean ...

Another tense showdown could be in the works between recreational fisherman and those who make a living on the waters off the Louisiana coast in the menhaden industry. Members of Louisiana’s Finfish ...

Along Louisiana’s coast, fishing is more than a job, it’s a way of life. At the heart of this tradition are two U.S.-owned and operated companies, Westbank Fishing and Ocean Harvesters, which together ...

"Last year, Louisianians experienced a historic season, fishing for a total of 200 days,” said LDWF Secretary Tyler Bosworth.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A day ...