Two French fishermen are missing after being washed overboard off the Isles of Scilly. The men, who were not wearing lifejackets, went into the English Channel 30 nautical miles north west of the islands at 18:30 BST on Saturday. A helicopter from R...

The first meeting of a fishing commission jointly set up by Taiwan and Japan will be held in late April to discuss follow-up issues after the sides signed a historic deal on fishing rights, a Taiwanese official said recently. After 17 years of efforts,...

The Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) will continue the insurance scheme for fishermen which expires in May, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar. He said the government decided to extend the insurance covera...

After signing the landmark fishing agreement with Japan earlier this week that allows Taiwan to enter the waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands, Taipei fishery authorities have said they will kick out any trawlers from mainland China that they catch in...

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just released the latest editions of two of its popular fisheries publications – SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods, and Yemaya, its newslette...

Efforts to end hunger and fight the effects of climate change in the Pacific Islands will hinge on the success of sustainable development, including wise use of oceans and fisheries, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told ministers from the reg...

Japan has compromised with Taiwan on a fisheries agreement covering waters near the Senkaku Islands despite lingering concerns from the fisheries industry in Okinawa Prefecture. As China has continued provocations near the islands, the agreement with T...

Philippine authorities filed a poaching case and were preparing more charges against 12 detained Chinese fishermen who were aboard a vessel that ran aground in a protected coral reef. The steel-hulled vessel strayed into the Tubbataha National Marine P...

Mr Nayon Bilijo, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has given the assurance that the Ministry is looking for alternative means of livelihood for those in the fishing sector. He said the Ministry was aware that the diminishing marine res...

The fishing industry remains divided on a package of reforms aimed at tackling the abuse of workers and quota allocations on some foreign charter vessels (FCV). The Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, which is working ...