COURTESY NOAA A close-up reveals the plastic jug tethered to a thick line. COURTESY NOAA A close-up reveals the plastic jug tethered to a thick line. A young Hawaiian monk seal named Moana is dead ...

Wildlife officials in Hawaiʻi have issued a warning about certain fishing practices after discovering the death of a young monk seal. The body of the two-year-old seal, known locally as Moana, was ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A young Hawaiian monk seal has died after becoming entangled in fishing gear, and it’s prompted renewed calls for safer fishing practices throughout Hawaiʻi. The seal, known as RS34 ...

A 15-year-old girl from New Richmond may have broken an Ohio state record on Sunday, April 7, for the largest blue catfish, with the monster weighing in at a whopping 101.11 pounds. "He was bigger ...

A 15-year-old girl landed what is being called the largest fish ever caught in Ohio, but the method used and whether it was a legal catch has created a huge debate. Jaylynn Parker caught a 101-pound ...

Endangered Hawaiian monk seal RS34 was found dead on Mānana Island earlier this month as a result of a fisherman’s “jug rig.” Photos courtesy NOAA Fisheries Editor’s note: This report contains ...

Like many other leisure activities, fishing has had its share of innovation and technological advances. But there’s something to be said for “old school” methods — a cane pole, a cork and a worm or ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an effective way to alert a jug fisher when a fish had been caught and its location," said an inventor, from Coker, Ala., "so I invented ...

A young Hawaiian monk seal named Moana is dead after an apparent entanglement in fishing gear, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. DLNR said Moana, or RS34, was ...