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A dead fish is seen floating in the water as palm trees are reflected Thursday, June 17, 2021 in the intracoastal waters between Clearwater and Dunedin, Fla. Pinellas County had small boats retrieving dead fish in Dunedin and around Clearwater Harbor Thursday. The fish kill is attributed to the recent Red Tide bloom. (Chris Urso /Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Amid red tide outbreak, Florida beckons visitors to beaches

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 17, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

In this image provided by AquaBounty Technologies Inc., company CEO Sylvia Wulf, poses for a photo with processing associates Skyler Miller, back left, and Jacob Clawson with genetically modified salmon from the company's indoor aquaculture farm, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Albany, Ind. These are the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States. (AquaBounty Technologies vis AP)
Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates

By Casey Smith May. 27, 2021 04:35 PM EDT

A protester obstructs an immigration van in Kenmure Street, Thursday May 13, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. Protesters blockaded a street in Glasgow on Thursday in a seven-hour standoff which successfully forced the release of two men detained by U.K. immigration authorities. Hundreds of demonstrators filled the road in Scotland’s largest city to prevent a van leaving with the men inside, before police finally announced they would be freed. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Scotland: 2 held for migration breaches freed after protest

May. 13, 2021 03:47 PM EDT

Men wait to load their horse-drawn carts with the catch brought by fishermen at Bargny beach, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday April 22, 2021. In Bargny and other coastal villages of Senegal, traditional fishing and processing of the catch is a livelihood and a pride. Methods have been passed down through generations. Women work as processors — drying, smoking, salting and fermenting the catch brought home by men. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Hit by COVID, Senegal's women find renewed hope in fishing

By Carley Petesch May. 10, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

A woman gestures as a man unloads his horse-drawn cart of the catch brought by fishermen at Bargny beach, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Hit by COVID, Senegal's women find renewed hope in fishing

By Carley Petesch May. 10, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

Budget, bass, bicycle seats: Florida passes big mix of bills

By Brendan Farrington May. 01, 2021 12:44 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature approved bills that will make it more difficult to vote, create tough penalties for violent protests, shield...

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in the California Senate have proposed $3.4 billion in new spending to combat the state's drought. The proposal would equal all of the state's combined spending during the previous drought, according to the independent Legislative Analyst's Office. Atkins said the state needs to take advantage of a surprise state surplus and billions of dollars in new federal funding to prepare for drought. The most recent drought lasted about five years and ended in 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
California Senate proposes to spend $3.4 billion on drought

By Adam Beam Apr. 29, 2021 03:02 PM EDT

Auburn bass fishing team suspended for COVID violations

Mar. 29, 2021 08:56 AM EDT
Auburn University has suspended the school’s bass fishing team over allegations that it repeatedly violated COVID-19 policies. A memo to...

Rhode Island moves up start of trout fishing season

Mar. 28, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island anglers are being allowed to get an early start on the trout fishing season this year, and it's all because of the...

InvestigateWest: Activists fight fossil-fuel pipelines

By Braela Kwan Mar. 16, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines...

Fishermen unload their nets after returning from a fishing trip on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Israeli Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa, Israel, in the early morning of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. After weathering a year of the coronavirus pandemic, an oil spill in the Mediterranean whose culprits remain at large delivered another blow for the fishermen of Jisr al-Zarqa. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
After oil spill, Israel's fishermen net catch despite ban

By Ilan Ben Zion And Alon Bernstein Feb. 25, 2021 10:33 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 11:23 AM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Republican legislators try to make it harder to get initiatives on Idaho ballot — again ...

Maintenance workerLelon Armstrong shovels the sidewalk outside a parking garage in Downtown Memphis, Tenn. as below freezing temperatures grip the Mid-South on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
The Latest: Oklahoma gov seeks federal disaster declaration

Feb. 17, 2021 11:16 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 01:12 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: As good as it is, Simpson’s plan isn’t enough Feb. 9 The...

In this undated 2020 satellite image provided by the Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas, runoff from the island of Molokai in Hawaii is shown flowing into the ocean. Axis deer, a species native to India that were presented as a gift from Hong Kong to the king of Hawaii in 1868,  have fed hunters and their families on the rural island of Molokai for generations. But for the community of about 7,500 people where self-sustainability is a way of life, the invasive deer are a cherished food source but also a danger to the island ecosystem. Now, the proliferation of the non-native deer and drought on Molokai have brought the problem into focus. Hundreds of deer have died from starvation, stretching thin the island's limited resources. When deer devour fruits, vegetables and other plants, it leads to to erosion and runoff into the ocean that alters the island's coral reef— another important food source. (Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawaii

By Caleb Jones Feb. 09, 2021 01:23 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, caution tape closes off a voting stall to help distance voters to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during election day at the East End School in Portland, Maine. In that election, Maine became the the first state to use ranked choice voting in a presidential contest. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Pandemic, election, strike among Maine's top stories of 2020

By David Sharp Dec. 28, 2020 09:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020, file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, gives a thumbs-up as she addresses supporters just after midnight in Bangor, Maine. Collins won a tough reelection fight in a campaign that featured astonishing levels of spending. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Pandemic, election, strike among Maine's top stories of 2020

By David Sharp Dec. 22, 2020 09:56 AM EST

At-sea monitoring coming to herring fishery in April

Dec. 12, 2020 12:15 PM EST
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government plans to require herring fishing boats to participate in industry-funded monitoring starting in April. ...

Vermont Fish and Wildlife releases "Vermont Outdoors" app

Nov. 30, 2020 04:50 PM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has come out with an app that is says will help Vermonters find new opportunities to hunt, fish...

Louie, a black and silver seahorse, swims in Carol Benge's home aquarium, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 in Chiefland, Fla. In September, Benge noticed that the seahorse was having trouble swimming. She took him to the University of Florida veterinary school where they diagnosed the problem. He was put in a hyperbaric chamber, and with one treatment, Louie was cured. (Carol Benge via AP)
Florida vet school uses novel approach to save seahorse

By Tamara Lush Nov. 30, 2020 04:32 PM EST