Dead sawfish washed up on beaches in the Florida Keys last year during a bizarre event where dozens of fish species began exhibiting an odd spinning behavior. Now, sawfish and others are starting ...

Florida anglers can fish for red snapper 126 days on the west coast but only two days on the east coast. Recreational fishing ...

Fish along the Florida Keys are spinning in circles until they die—and no one knows why. Scientists are chasing clues, but haven't yet found what's causing the strange behavior.

Two Florida congressmen introduced a bill that would prohibit shark feeding in federal waters off their state – both ...

Gulf sturgeon face increasing human-made challenges. Pollution has expanded in the Suwannee River in north Florida and climate change is contributing to swings between high and low water levels.

Five members of the notorious Gulf Cartel have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for smuggling red snapper.. Federal authorities announced on Tuesday that the sanctions are aimed at ...

Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name. What was known among anglers as the “Florida strain” largemouth bass, commonly found in bodies of water across Florida, is now ...

Step aside, Florida man. We now have an official Florida bass.. The largemouth bass in most of Florida, the state's most popular freshwater game fish, has officially been declared a separate ...

A recent study changed how an iconic fish is classified - and identified a further range than expected for the "new" species including North Carolina. Until recently, the Florida bass was thought ...

So far, researchers say, no Gulf species appear to have died off. ... Permit, another popular Florida game fish, was good for third place in the most unusual category in 2012.