By Mladen Rudman, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach May 5--DESTIN -- Volatile recreational red snapper fishing rules might be the norm for years if the National Marine Fisheries Service adopts its preferred plan to help the popular catch rebound from decades of overfishing.

By Kevin Diaz, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Apr. 20--WASHINGTON -- The dwindling beluga whale population in Cook Inlet could be extinct in 100 years and should be listed as an endangered species, a federal agency said Thursday.

WASHINGTON _ The dwindling beluga whale population in Alaska's famed Cook Inlet could be extinct in 100 years and should be listed as an endangered species, a federal agency said Thursday.