The opening of the first commercial whelk fishery in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was celebrated at a ceremony on Tuesday (July 30) at Louisbourg Seafoods, reports the CBC. Mike Kelloway, the ...

Now that New York State has approved a phased-in ban on the harvest of horseshoe crabs for bait and medical uses, fishermen who harvest or use the species to trap whelk and eels say it’s imperative ...

TORTOLA — Kaido Thomas recalled that as a boy growing up in Long Look he often would accompany his parents on reefs around the territory during low tides to pick whelks. As an adult he returned to the ...