Louisiana’s coast supports a wide variety of uses, including conservation, recreation, commercial fishing, energy, and ...

For generations, Louisiana’s menhaden fishing industry has supported small coastal communities and harvested a sustainable resource while employing responsible fishing practices that protect the ...

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 ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s ...

The largest commercial fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is accidentally killing and discarding more than 22,000 redfish annually in Louisiana waters, according to an independent study released ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A day with family and friends ended with a large catch by one fisherman from Thibodaux. Lee Grafton said he caught a 350.8-pound broadbill swordfish while fishing ...

Louisiana resident Adam Petersen was ahead of the curve when he named his Cajun charter fishing boat company "Gulf of America Outfitters." The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – A Lafayette-based fishing charter company called the Gulf of America Outfitters strikes gold with President Donald Trump’s executive order of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the ...