A new alternative bait product that will help reduce the number of horseshoe crabs harvested from the Delaware Bay was introduced on May 29. For years, commercial eel and whelk fishers have dealt with ...

New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

The opening of the first commercial whelk fishery in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was celebrated at a ceremony on Tuesday (July 30) at Louisbourg Seafoods, reports the CBC. Mike Kelloway, the ...

Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but ...