Unchecked global warming may increase the risk of flooding at the end of this century in 42 per cent of the Earth's land surface, including parts of India, Southeast Asia and Africa, a new study has warned. According to a research team led by Yukiko Hi...

According to the the latest information received 42 fishermen have died and another 22 were injured due to the adverse weather conditions prevailed in Sri Lanka during last few days.43 fishermen are still missing along with 24 trawlers according to Minis...

Chile's congressmen Hugo Gutiérrez, Lautaro Carmona and Sergio Aguiló, supported by the Council of Defence on the Fishing Heritage (CONDEPP) and Centro Ecoceanos, presented this Tuesday a motion to repeal the Fisheries Act, the one that turned into prop...

There is “no harm” in talking with Taiwan if it wants a fisheries cooperation or agreement with the Philippines, President Aquino said here Friday. “From the start they were saying that... As I said, let’s finish this issue first before we disc...

Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture have voiced opposition to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s plan to release groundwater from its crippled nuclear power plant into the Pacific. Some expressed concern Friday about the harmful rumors that might be triggered ...

A fisheries agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan will not be forged anytime soon. In a press conference here Friday night at the close of the three-day World Economic Forum on East Asia, President Benigno Aquino III said much had yet to be done...

Some fishermen in Sekondi-Takoradi have condemned the alleged use of Formalin by their colleagues to preserve fish at Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region. Formalin is a chemical used in embalming corpses at the mortuary. Accord...

The European Commission has adopted an Action Plan in an attempt to address shortcomings in the Latvian fisheries control system. The scheme, which was adopted at the end of May, has been designed jointly with the Latvian authorities following the Com...

Seychelles President Michel met the President of the Association of African Economy and Development Japan ECA Committee, MP Tetsuro Yano, and the CEO of NEPAD (The New Partnership for Africa's Development) agency, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, also former Pr...

The Connemara Smokehouse has become Ireland’s first food économusée – and only the second Irish artisanal business to be admitted to the international scheme. Mayor of County Galway Tom Welby officially welcomed the company to the prestigious n...