The Gulf quota, spread over five states, is about four times that of the Atlantic, spread over four states. It's 16.3 million ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Heads up, anglers. Florida's recreational Gulf red snapper season will open Memorial Day weekend from May 24-26, kicking off the longest streak in state history. Gov. Ron ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida man has been hospitalized after contracting a life-threatening flesh-eating bacteria while fishing out in the Gulf of Mexico. ABC affiliate WFTS reports Mike Walton is being ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a record-breaking 126-day Gulf red snapper season for 2025. The season will be split into summer and fall segments, including holiday weekends. This extended ...

Scientists from the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen, together with colleagues from Central America, have described a new fish species in the Gulf of Mexico. Hypoplectrus ...

This state park is on the only inhabited barrier island off the coast of Louisiana, with beautiful wildlife and tons of ...

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 ...

Mongabay Latam and Data Crítica examined and compared official data of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, including satellite images by scientists studying oil spills and evidence compiled by fishing ...

A federal judge in Tallahassee, Florida, has sentenced a commercial fishing captain to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his deckhands. Terry Carrington, 38, of Carrabelle, ...