HONOLULU (AP) - The state Board of Land and Natural Resources is prohibiting spearfishing in waters off West Hawaii by people diving with the aid of scuba gear. The board voted 4-2 in favor of the ban ...

Armed with a scuba tank and speargun, Christian Mathisen has been plunging deeper than 100 feet into South Florida’s waters for the past 20 years. Based out of Jupiter, Mathisen says he has spent ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some ocean scientists and conservationists urged the Board of Land and Natural Resources to ban spear fishing using scuba gear in waters off the Big Island's west coast, ...

Shallow-water spearfishing: From 30 to 50 feet, divers are finding plenty of hogfish, mangrove snapper and moderate-sized red grouper. Gag grouper are plentiful on every ledge and wreck, but the ...

Stakeholders concerned about Florida’s coral reefs have quietly spent the past several years meeting under the umbrella working group known as Our Florida Reefs (OFR). Now, there are 68 (68!!!) ...

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has banned scuba-assisted spearfishing off West Hawaii and has limited aquarium fish collection to 40 species. After listening to more than six hours of ...