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Fisherman Ruben Orozco looks out at the Sea of Cortez.

Fishing has been the lifeblood of this 5,000-family village for a century but gillnets were banned here four years ago to protect the vaquita marina. With fewer of 30 of the little porpoises left. Read more»

McKellips Lake in Scottsdale is one of several areas state officials have approved for unlimited consumption of Largemouth Bass.

Arizona environmental officials on Wednesday warned visitors and residents to only eat limited amounts of certain kinds of fish contaminated with mercury found in three fishing areas in the state, adding to a growing list of advisories against fish consumption in lakes and streams. Read more»

Arizona Rep. Mark Cardenas, D-Phoenix, was in Washington with HECHO – Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting and Outdoors – as it released a survey showing Latinos’ support of conservation and the outdoors in Western states.

A new survey claims that Latino voters in Western states believe the government should protect public lands and they want to be consulted on land-policy issues. Pollsters attributed that sentiment to the generations-long ties many Hispanic families have to the region Read more»

The Arizona Game and Fish Department contends that a U.S. Forest Service regulation applying to trailers in northern Arizona national forests is unfair to hunters.

Arizona officials are slamming the U.S. Forest Service over a regulation making trailers subject to impoundment or citation if left unattended for more than 72 hours in northern Arizona national forests. Read more»

The Arizona Game and Fish Department gets most of its operating budget from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, permits, tags and stamps, including tags to hunt elk.

Legislation that would allow the Arizona Game and Fish Department to price and package hunting and fishing licenses without approval from the Legislature was heading to Gov. Jan Brewer after winning state House approval Monday. Read more»

The Arizona Game and Fish Department gets most of its operating budget from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, permits, tags and stamps, including tags to hunt elk.

Concerned that a complicated licensing system deters would-be hunters and anglers, the Arizona Game and Fish Department wants to simplify things by bundling options. But under current law any such changes must go through a three-year legislative process at the State Capitol. Read more»

One of the gizzard shad found dead last month in Roosevelt Lake. State officials say dozens of fish died from a toxin produced by golden algae, an aquatic invasive species.

A one-celled aquatic invader that killed thousands of fish in the Salt River is now a growing concern at Roosevelt Lake. Dozens of gizzard shad in the lake died late last month from the toxin produced by golden algae, Read more»

The world's marine life is in extreme jeopardy by pollution and overfishing, according to a report by International Programme on the State of the Ocean.

Overfishing, pollution and climate change are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life on a scale unprecedented in human history, a group of scientists warned Monday. Read more»

Voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to make hunting and fishing constitutional rights in Arizona and forbid laws or rules that restrict such activities. Read more»

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sandy Froman, past president of the National Rifle Association, answer questions at a news conference touting Proposition 109. The measure would constitutionally guarantee the right to hunt and fish in Arizona. Opponents say it would stifle citizen input on laws governing the activities.

A ballot proposition that would establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish in Arizona would prevent radical groups from criminalizing the sports and harming wildlife in the process, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday. Read more»

The javelina is a game species in Arizona. Groups advocating for those who hunt and fish say those sports deserve protection under the state constitution, but opponents call the move a power grab that would make it difficult for citizens to make changes via initiatives.

Advocates for those who hunt and fish say a ballot proposition that would establish a constitutional right to those sports in Arizona is long overdue. Opponents say amending the constitution would change the way officials can manage hunting and fishing. Read more»

Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, speaks at a news conference Friday. A coalition of animal rights and environmentalist groups announced an effort to defeat Proposition 109. The ballot initiative would establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish in Arizona and would give the Legislature exclusive authority to enact laws regulating hunting and fishing.

A ballot proposition promoted as a way to safeguard the right to fish and hunt in Arizona would politicize decisions about wildlife by giving the Legislature sole authority, leaders of a new campaign against the measure say. Read more»