LAKE VILLAGE — Arkansas' aquatic turtles are not imminently threatened by commercial harvesting, the fisheries chief of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Thursday. Discussion of Arkansas' ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (“AG&FC”) approved new regulations that are described as regulating and more closely monitoring the commercial harvest of aquatic turtles in Arkansas. The Center ...

A movement to abolish commercial turtle harvesting in Minnesota will continue to inch along despite a setback at the Legislature this year. A measure to revoke the licenses of trappers who still ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has outlawed commercial harvesting of turtles from the state's freshwater bodies, leaving Asia's thriving market to look elsewhere for the highly desirable meat. "Asia ...

Today is the first day in Florida that it is illegal to hunt freshwater turtles for commercial purposes. Truly the end of the era. The turtle-hunting industry has apparently been relatively booming ...

After 20 years of trying to phase out commercial turtle trapping in Minnesota, lawmakers have banned the practice. Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation May 24 that outlaws commercial turtle trapping ...

AUSTIN, Texas— In response to a petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and several Texas-based conservation organizations, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Commercial fishing groups filed a lawsuit this week because they want regulations for sea turtle protection applied to all fishermen, even folks just out for some fun ...