With the summer fishing season starting to wind down, Virginia and Federal officials are reminding people who have been or are planning to go saltwater fishing this year to register with the National Saltwater Angler Registry if they’re required to do so.

Most commercial fishing of this year's record run of Fraser River sockeye salmon has been halted to conserve much smaller runs of coho salmon and steelhead that could be dangerously weakened by further intensive harvesting.

SALTWATER Tournament results: There were no reports this week. Top catches: Capt. Tony Bozzella guided Larry Santinon to a catch of six redfish to 26 inches, three speckled sea trout to 20 inches, two legal flounder and a black drum fishing jig and shrimp in the Mill Cove area of the river. FRESHWATER Tournament results: The TNT Classic was fished Saturday out of Whitey's Fish Camp. Ben Williams ...

HOUMA — On April 6, Brook Angelette of Cut Off bought a boat with the intentions of starting a charter-fishing business. He had 14 trips booked. Fourteen days later, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, unleashing the worst oil spill in the nation's history. The months-long spill left charter fishermen, both veterans and newcomers, with a season they would like to forget. “There's no ...