fishing

Florida voters approved 2 of four ballot measures proposed by the Legislature, putting hunting and fishing rights in the state Constitution and making a property-tax change. But proposals backed by Republican lawmakers to hold partisan school-board elections and end public financing of political campaigns fell short.

Supporters of the measure have raised significantly more money than opponents, and political experts think the proposal likely will receive the required support of 60 percent of voters to pass.

Marine biologists looking at the shrinking mahi population in Florida, and its apparent movement away from the tropics, believe climate change may be taking a toll on Florida's most popular fish. As they try to untangle what warming seas could mean for deep water sea life, they brought WLRN and WWNO along.

People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.

In the coastal towns of Choroni and Chuao, women have started fishing, or in some cases, launching new careers after losing jobs during Venezuela's economic crisis.

Steve Friedman said he "needed a life change.” A passion for environmental activism led him to the water.

A spate of recent criminal indictments highlights how U.S. companies, taking advantage of a patchwork of federal and state laws, are supplying a market for shark fins that activists say is reprehensible.

The fishing pier on the Old Rickenbacker Causeway is one of the last remaining remnants of Old Miami. How long does it have left?

More than 1 million recreational boats are registered in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The reef is in 'urgent need' of better management to keep the fish as sustainable levels, according to researchers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing limited fishing of protected goliath grouper and set new limits on catching dolphin fish.

Goliath grouper have been protected since 1990. The state of Florida is considering a plan that would allow up to 200 of the big fish to be taken each year. The public can provide input at two online workshops this week.