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The Gulf Coast oddities include an aluminum handheld grenade launcher at Sargent Beach and a frying pan with eggs still in it along Boca Chica.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks lists hundreds of species under threat across the province, with dozens calling Peel Region home.

Patrick Polchies, fisheries director for Bilijk, says the shutdown of the elver fishery this past weekend in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is a "destruction of hope for so many people."

Federal fisheries officials have shut down the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada said the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick would be closed for 45 days, effective immediately, due to conservation and safety concerns

There are 36 species of fish in Kansas that hold a record.

While surveying a beach, a marine researcher found a rare, 4-foot-long American eel washed up in Texas.

"This is about as big as they can get."

"This is about as big as they can get."

GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL: A teen is nearing his goal of catching all 63 species of fish native to Minnesota. The young angler was encouraged by his dad, whose motto is "get them off the Xbox and into the tackle box."