More than 500 dams are planned or under construction within protected areas, according to a new study published in Conservation Letters. These findings raise red flags as dams can have detrimental impacts on livelihoods of local communities such as fishin...

Florida began to feel the effects Sunday of a powerful storm inching in the state's direction, with forecasters warning it could reach hurricane strength by the time it makes expected landfall near the South Carolina-North Carolina border on Tuesday. T...

Officials in the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk have called on fishermen and boat owners not to go out to sea or transport tourists over the next three days as a typhoon looms. The call comes after the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology ...

Following the demand put forth by various local self-government bodies, including the Kozhikode Corporation, the district administration in the south Indian state of Kerala has decided to introduce a proper mechanism to check the health condition of fishe...

Following two days of protest by several members of the Liberian Seamen’s Union, the Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), Mrs. Emma Metieh Glassco, has clarified why the Government of Liberia (GOL) has not licens...

Inter-agency cooperation is vital to combat corruption in the growing and lucrative international wildlife trade, say enforcement authorities in Malaysia. Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Augustine Tuuga said corruption was multifaceted and cou...

Ireland's fishing chiefs have warned of an "unmitigated disaster" if the UK and the EU cannot agree a trade deal before the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. The country's fishing industry could see up to 5,000 jobs slashed if Europea...

Migratory freshwater fisḥ are among the most threatened animals on the planet, a new report by a coalition of environmental organizations shows. The global assessment, described as the first of its kind, found that populations of migratory freshwat...

A total of $77.3 million has so far been spent by Jamaica's Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries under the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project. The project includes the procurement of a much...

Two announcements today (June 29) from NOAA Fisheries offer a "snapshot in time" of the population status of U.S. federal fisheries in 2019, and the economic performance of commercial fishing, recreational fishing, and related businesses in 2017. Scien...