Spiny dogfish at Canadian research center appear to have headlights, but it’s the effect of reflecting light back through retinas, much like a cat’s eyes. A tank full of spiny dogfish at the Bamfield ...

The cause of spiny dogfish washing ashore at Ocean County beaches this week is likely due to commercial fishing activities, a state official said. Beachcombers have spotted the fish, a member of the ...

Spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias) are longtime residents of our coastal waters and, for many months of the year, one of the most available fish in the sea, and yet local anglers almost never ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Commercial fishermen may get a 78.5 percent increase, from 20 million pounds to 35.7 million pounds, in the catch of spiny dogfish next year. Although spiny dogfish command a low ...

Authorities say dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend. And while it’s still not clear what caused the deaths, officials believe it most likely was ...

(WTNH) — There are new regulations being set on spiny dogfish fishing. In 2018, The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will allow fishermen to fish 38 million pounds of spiny dogfish.Related ...

Conventional observations show that spiny dogfish in the western North Atlantic rarely eat Atlantic cod. However, some believe the rebuilding dogfish populations are limiting depleted cod numbers by ...

The cape shark, a new name for an old fish, is the latest effort to expand New England’s culinary tastes When Steve DeLeonardis, the owner of the Corner Store restaurants on Cape Cod, heard about the ...

Wildlife officials in New Jersey are working to determine what caused dozens of spiny dogfish sharks to wash ashore at several beaches over the weekend. The state Division of Fish and Wildlife said ...

ABSTRACT: Harbor seal Phoca vitulina and gray seal Halichoerus grypus populations have increased by 28.7% (1997–2001) and 8.6% (1999–present), respectively, in the Gulf of Maine. Here, we investigated ...

On a wind-tossed autumn morning off the Cape Cod coast, the aft deck of Doug Feeney’s 36-foot fishing boat, the Noah, is buried beneath a squirming, slimy, shin-deep layer of sharks. The Noah’s hauler ...

Spiny dogfish were collected on 15 fishing trips during normal trawling operations between May 2014 and May 2015 in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank. "This was an excellent example of how ...