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A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission. The goal is to fund grants for habitat restoration, fisheries research and the mitigation of invasive species.

Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month.

The team found that warmer water can slow mahi, a fish known for its speed. And that suggests a bigger threat may be looming: warming oceans heated by climate change.

A report out this month says that the world’s oceans are warming much faster than expected. That’s already causing some fish species to move north, and...

From ruby red tuna to turquoise lingcod, the fish we eat can span the color spectrum. Flesh color can also tell us something about where a fish came from, its swimming routine and what it ate.

In November 2011, roughly a year and a half after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, commercial fisherman began catching red snapper with dark sores and…