In the south Indian state of Kerala, the fisherfolk living by the coastline consider the sea to be their god. It rules their stars and gives them their livelihood. Which is why, when fishing companies dump several tonnes of fish waste into the sea ever...

Ghana's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Mrs. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye has revealed that government is in consultation to supply suitable fishing nets to fishermen at a reduced price as part of measures to support the fisheries sub sector. She said t...

Residents of a Welsh coastal village are set to become the first climate refugees in the United Kingdom. The 850 residents of Fairbourne will meet next month to discuss a plan that the local lawmaking body, Gwynedd Council, is developing to evacuate th...

Visitors to the Bloom 2019 garden festival in Phoenix Park next week can expect sustainability to be one of the key themes. Having won the overall prize for its Sustainable Seafood Garden at Bloom 2018, Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s presence this year will ...

An Indonesian man who was contracted to work in Japan under a government-sponsored internship program on Thursday filed a suit seeking compensation from a fisheries company and a cooperative after he was sent home for lacking Japanese language skills. ...

Twenty-four Kenyan fishermen who were arrested by Ugandan authorities on Wednesday evening and their fishing gear confiscated have been released. The fishermen were set free on Thursday without paying any fine but their eight boats are still held by Ug...

This time of year, Mohammad Shamsuddin normally earns about $120 a month working with the crew of a fishing boat off the coast of Bangladesh. But on Monday, the central government imposed a 65-day national ban on coastal fishing — the most restrictiv...

Three Turkish fishermen were wounded and five others were detained in a raid on their boat in the international waters off Romania. Turkey is expected to make an application to Romania for extradition of the eight fishermen, who are now in the Romanian...

Saint Lucia and other Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be observing the 26th Anniversary of International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD) throughout the month of May. The United Nations has proclaimed May 22nd as the Internati...

The fifth annual Tokyo Seafood Symposium will see the event expanded to two days and include the launch of the inaugural Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Award, the event’s organizers announced recently. The award recognizes and celebrates leaders who have ...