Two Passaic River fishing weirs, used by North Jersey's indigenous peoples in pre-Colonial times, will soon be recognized for their historical significance. The commemoration will start with the ...

The amount of fish caught by small-scale fisheries using traps called weirs may be six times higher than officially reported in the Persian Gulf, suggest estimates made using images from Google Earth.

As the Olympics of Johnny Weir continue, we've learned a few more things about the skater-turned-analyst. 1. He wears a mink coat to go fishing. For a segment that aired on Thursday's Today, Weir ...

In a draft proposal published on their website, the Hoopa Valley Tribe is planning to conduct a selective fishery using a weir and targeting Trinity River Hatchery Coho salmon beginning in mid-October ...

Selectmen Monday backed a waterways commission recommendation that fishing weir permits may not be transferred; rather, they must be held by those who actually operate the weirs. They voted to issue ...

A young humpback whale is trapped in a fishing weir off Hospital Island near Saint Andrews. According to one whale-watching company, the mammal has been stuck in the weir for at least 24 hours. "The ...

Sept. 17 (UPI) --A group of fishermen in New Brunswick rescued a great white shark found caught in a weir and towed it back out to open water. William Hanley said he was examining his Back Bay fishing ...

HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a 500-foot-long timber fishing trap found in a tidal estuary on the southern coast of England has been radiocarbon dated to the eighth or ninth centuries. At ...