Once lost or discarded, derelict fishing gear can continue to trap and kill fish, crustaceans, birds, and other animals that are not meant to be caught, according to the National Oceanic and ...

GALVESTON — A wooden platform from a damaged fishing pier washed up on a Galveston beach on Monday, an early warning sign from Tropical Storm Beta, which is slowly approaching the southeast Texas ...

Sometimes, the "rafts" are actually a plastic disc or a homemade frame with floating tubs and netting. Often, these devices have nets and ropes hanging from them where small fish hide out in the deep ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Effects from Tropical Storm Beta could be felt in Galveston long before the storm's predicted Monday evening landfall. Rough waves from the beaches' high tides pounded ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Volunteers have found a disturbing number of dead animals recently on the east end of Galveston island, according to the Galveston County Daily News. The volunteers monitor island ...

A man from Humble on Thursday drowned in Galveston Bay while he was fishing off the west end of Galveston Island, officials said. Derrick Smith, 58, of Humble, was fishing around 8:30 a.m. alongside ...

FILE: Galveston Beach would be built up with new dunes, Galveston Island’s seawall would be raised and massive gates would protect the mouth of Galveston Bay under the proposed “Ike Dike” project.