Angler battled 208-pound common skate for 2 hours. It was biggest fish ever caught from British shores, becoming an unofficial record since it was released. A fisherman from the U.K. landed what is ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The thorny skate’s population may have declined, but not by enough to justify listing it under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has ruled. Environmental groups had ...

PORTLAND, Maine >> The thorny skate’s population may have declined, but not by enough to justify listing it under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has ruled. Environmental groups had ...

If monkfish—an unlovely creature whose veiny, purplish flesh turns off many shoppers—could find favor among chefs, you had to figure it was only a matter of time before skate, another “trash fish,” ...

When angler Andy Logan was thrown onto his knees and pulled towards the edge of his boat while fishing in the Irish Sea, he knew he must have caught something very special. But, with his rod bent over ...

A Florida fisherman has caught an enormous 14-foot deep-sea creature so old it has barnacles on it. The 800-pound rarely-seen beast was caught in the waters off Miami Beach and the fish was so rare it ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The federal government is changing some fishing rules to allow commercial fishermen to catch more skate. Fishermen catch tens of millions of pounds of skate every year. They’re used for human food as ...

CHATHAM -- Before Stephanie Sykes became a fisherman she parlayed her marine biology degree into a job as a federal fisheries observer. Sykes, who grew up on the Cape, spent a lot of time on local ...

PORTLAND, Maine >> The thorny skate’s population may have declined, but not by enough to justify listing it under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has ruled. Environmental groups had ...