The Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will provide fishers and pond owners, affected by the recent monsoon, with fingerlings, a statement said. According to BFAR Director Asis Perez, the agency will be providing fingerlings, ...

Australia's Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke admits there is potential for the FV Margiris to take a large catch from one area in Commonwealth waters near Tasmania. The Dutch-owned super trawler that will be used by Seafish Tasmania is thought t...

Hundreds of boats have formed a flotilla on Hobart's River Derwent to rally against a super trawler to be based on Tasmania's north-west coast. Organisers estimate more than 500 boats - including jet skis, wooden yachts, tourist cruises and fishing tra...

Ahmet Abuhamed runs a fish shop in Perama, a town near the port of Piraeus. He sells the day's catch, including sea bream, mackerel, sardines and octopus. A 40-year-old father of four, he moved to Greece 20 years ago from Rosetta, an Egyptian fishing vill...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a new initiative to protect the oceans and the people whose livelihoods depend on it, and called on countries to work together to achieve a more sustainable management of this precious resource a...

Fleeing troubled zones in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Sri Lanka, a wave of asylum seekers heading to Australia is fueling the people-smuggling business in Indonesia. While bilateral efforts to tackle the illegal trade are underway, critics say t...

The union representing lobster fishermen in New Brunswick said Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the provincial government and fish processing plants after fishermen blockaded several Canadian plants, demanding that they not accept cheaper lo...

Three fishermen who disappeared Monday in southeastern Mexico have been found alive some 57 kilometers (35 miles) off the coast, officials said. Chiapas state Gov. Juan Sabines posted on the social network Twitter a photo taken from the air of the boat...

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

Food Self-Sufficiency in Japan Stays at 17-Year Low on Fisheries By Jae Hur - Aug 10, 2012 11:21 AM GMT+0530 Facebook Share LinkedIn Google +1 0 Comments Print QUEUE Q Japan’s food self-sufficiency remained at a ...