In spring 2020, while organizing a virtual ladies-only marlin release tournament, Pam Taylor — a long-time commercial construction sales worker and avid angler in Ocean City, Maryland — noticed ...

Venturing into deep, often treacherous waters. Winching ropes in gale-force winds. Leaning into waves that whip over the bows of their boats. Commercial fishermen face extraordinary on-the-job hazards ...

Introducing a grant-funded year-long series on the pandemic’s impact on women in Africa’s least developed nations, this ambitious multiformat project tells the uplifting story of the women fish ...

A Lowcountry woman who runs her own charter company is hoping to reel other women into pursuing a career in the fishing industry. Captain Tanya Dowdy is the owner of Reel Chica Charters. She began ...

FISH STICKS BOX TO THE FISHERMEN’S MEMORIAL IN GLOUCESTER, THERE’S A TIME WORN IMAGE OF THE MEN WHO MAKE UP THE COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY. BUT ON SHORE IT’S OFTEN WOMEN WHO DO THE ESSENTIAL WORK, ...

In the Time Warner Cable Starteens Scholarship Inshore Division (ages 11-17), Houston-area women hold top place in two of the three divisions. Rachel Adams’ STAR ling was the icing on the cake to a ...

Many fly anglers today don’t realize that fly fishing has a fascinating history–one that starts with the first book of fly fishing, written by a woman in the 15th century. Dame Juliana Berners penned ...