97 MILES OFFSHORE FLORIDA — The scientist outstretches his arm as he rushes toward the largest fish in the sea. He keeps a white-knuckle grip on his camera, his dive fins thrashing, propelled by what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fresh-caught Gulf fish like snapper, pompano and grouper sit on ice at Brooks Dockside Seafood in Inglis on May 1. While no fish ...

An aquaculture cage floats in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President ...

A pilot project for the first large-scale fish farm off the Gulf coast of Sarasota County has received federal approval. Hawaii-based Ocean Era will create pens 40 miles offshore, where 20,000 red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aquaculture cage floats in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. An aquaculture cage floats in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico ...

Neil Sims has a vision. He imagines thousands of red drum fish swimming in the open Gulf, the Florida sun glinting off coppery scales. These red drum are farmed, not wild. They circle inside a ...

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 ...

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Louisiana’s fishing grounds are already under pressure from decades of oil and gas development. Now Congress is advancing a bill that could open the door to offshore fish farming in the Gulf. I’ve ...

South Florida's second mahi season materializes around mid-September and lasts through October. Here's how to fish it. The ...

Neil Sims has a vision. He imagines thousands of red drum fish swimming in the open Gulf, the Florida sun glinting off coppery scales. These red drum are farmed, not wild. They circle inside a ...