Her willingness to pilot new ideas is drawing praise from ocean researchers. “She’s doing wonders,” says Sumaila, who cautions that there’s much more work to be done. “But this is a good beginning.” ...

This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest ...

See All Key Ideas Aotearoa New Zealand spent years spearheading the introduction of a new set of rules governing bottom trawling in the South Pacific Ocean, which more than a dozen countries ...

All nine crew were rescued when their fishing trawler sank after colliding with an ocean liner in the Gulf of Thailand off ...

We need to protect our ocean if we are to continue fishing. Federico Gelmi, a low-impact fisher from Pantelleria, Italy, adds ...

This means that 98% of Chile's exclusive economic zone, EEZ, will be protected from bottom trawling. Undersecretary Pablo Berazaluce indicated that the Government of President Bachelet has shown ...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) and other conservation measures are increasingly being used by governments to protect fish stocks, fragile ecosystems and endemic marine species Charles Kilgour, Director ...

NGOs, industry and scientific community call for a destructive fishing ban in EU’s marine protected areas ...

when Environment Secretary Steve Reed tweeted that “Labour will stop destructive bottom trawling destroying ocean ecosystems”. Ms Hardy also announced a “review of the MPA network” but ...

According to the Service, the study is intended to provide data that “will inform possible future management” of fisheries in the area, meaning it could open to bottom-trawl fishing as the Bering Sea ...