The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized two boats with fishing materials and dried cuttlefish worth RM1 million and detained 16 Vietnamese fishermen for encroaching into Malaysian waters, yesterday. Tok Bali MMEA Commander, Zainin Abdul...

Environment ministers from across the world today made a commitment to ensure that the United Nations conference on sustainable development in Brazil later this year succeeds in developing concrete actions to address pressing global environmental challeng...

At least 3,000 dead tuna have been found in waters off the coast of Dubai. The discovery was made on Thursday though the press only reported the news today. The cause of death remains unclear, although an illegal fishing expedition using banned methods...

Fears of nuclear contagion seemingly prompted Koreans to almost halve their imports of Japanese fishery products in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident in last year. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) announced Wedn...

It is important that artisanal fishing communities be provided with broader information on international trade in fish and fishery products, a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organzation of the United Nations (FAO) was told. The plea was made in an...

The presence of about 10 trawlers trespassing in the waters of Senggarang and Rengit in Malaysia over the last two years is threatening the livelihood of about 1,000 traditional fishermen in Batu Pahat. Local fishermen say trawlers trespassing in the w...

Fishermen from the western coastal belt of in Sri Lanka have threatened to refrain from fishing until the government takes measures to reduce fuel prices. Fisheries associations from Colombo to Puttalam met in Negombo on Sunday to discuss the current c...

Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi today warned of "considerable differences" with India over the alleged killing of two Indian fishermen mistaken for pirates by Italian soldiers on an oil tanker. "There are currently considerable differences of a l...

A team of Sri Lankan and Canadian researchers on aquaculture in the Wayamba province are helping to improve farm practices in shrimp and oyster farming to achieve sustainable development to improve incomes and contribute to Sri Lanka food security goal, s...

The Aqua 2012 event, organised by the European (EAS) and World Aquaculture Societies (WAS), will take place in Prague from 1-5 September. The theme this year will be Global Aquaculture: Securing our future and the event will focus on how science plays ...