The fishing season is upon us. This week and next, it’s all about freshwater fishing. The only saltwater fish to target is tautog, as the season opened April 1. The water is only 39 degrees, however, ...

Sharks and seals are increasingly stealing catches from fishermen in Southern New England waters. The SHARKED Act, awaiting Senate approval, aims to create a task force to study and mitigate this ...

Tropical fish are accidentally carried north to New England each summer by the Gulf Stream current. A network of institutions and citizen scientists called the Gulf Stream Orphan Project tracks these ...

RICHMOND, R.I. (WPRI) — Break out those fishing rods. Opening day for trout season in Rhode Island is this Saturday, April 11. In a press release Wednesday, the Rhode Island Department of ...

There’s nothing about a monkfish’s appearance that makes you want to eat it. With a bulbous head, bulging eyes, oversized mouth and sluglike body that can grow more than four feet long, it’s basically ...

Big news came out of the New England Saltwater Fishing Show earlier this month in Providence. We have the Providence Bruins hockey team, the Rhode Island FC soccer team and now the Rhode Island ...

Monkfish, an unattractive but tasty fish, has seen its market value plummet, hurting Rhode Island's fishing industry. A new program called Sea to Schools is introducing monkfish sliders to ...