By Doug Barber, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Jun. 22--David Scarborough and friends were swimming with the fishes early in the week. And having a rousing good time. Scarborough, a Gulfport firefighter, was spear fishing Monday with James Caldwell, Alan Agent and John Self.

Anglers wouldn't have many bottom-fishing opportunities in the deep ocean waters off Broward County if there were no shipwrecks.

By Nick Walter, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Dec. 16--Bame global warming, or La Nina, or simply attribute it to a random happening. Regardless, 52-year-old Capt. Hank Williams of Wet Willy Charters has been fishing for 45 years, and he's never had such an experience.

By JOE MACALUSO Any doubts the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council's discounts recreational fishermen were dispelled Thursday when its plan to control the takes of greater amberjack and gray triggerfish was laid out before the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

By JOE MACALUSO Recreational saltwater fishermen will face another round of cuts, this time to catches of amberjack and gray triggerfish, state Marine Fisheries Section administrator Karen Foote told the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at its Thursday meeting.