Is a gar the same as a garfish?

COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent takes a closer look at the sturgeon, which has been highly prized by gastronomes since Roman times

OF THE MANY pressing ecological issues facing the world today, invasive species come in near the top of the list. The aquarium trade is not blameless in its role of introducing unwanted species well o

I’M CURRENTLY READING a wonderful book called Local, by British explorer Alastair Humphreys. After years of trekking across deserts, mountains and jungles he decides to buy a map of his local area ‘so

It’s not only salmon making their move, writes Giles Catchpole

Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

IN 1924, THE American zoologist Nathan Everett Pearson published a work on the ichthyodiversity of Bolivia that is still unrivalled today. It was entitled ‘The fishes of the Río Beni catchment, Bolivi