VIRGINIA BEACH — Animal care staff at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center were kept busy Thursday morning. The crew spent most of the morning performing surgery to remove a hook from the ...

After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

Sea turtles are getting caught on fishing hooks at a record rate in Hampton Roads this year, filling local animal rehabilitation facilities. The Virginia Aquarium reported 58 hooked turtles from April ...