With just one month left until the COP26 climate change conference, countries must do more to reduce emissions, finance climate action and support mitigation, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the final official ministerial meeting in Milan, Ita...

The United Nations celebrates World Maritime Day on Thursday, highlighting the role of the men and women who work at sea. Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future, is the theme for 2021. In his message for the day, the UN Secretary-General said ...

Indonesia this week repatriated 200 Vietnamese fishermen who languished at immigration detention centers for months amid the coronavirus pandemic after local authorities confiscated their boats on suspicion of poaching in Indonesian waters, officials said...

Police in East Midnapore’s Digha, acting jointly with the district administration, on Wednesday morning rounded up at least 20 vessels from deep waters and sent them to the shore for allegedly breaching the weather-related red alert that banned fisherme...

The Ministry of Justice restored and tightened Article 401 of the Penal Code, which was first abolished by SYRIZA and thus allowed Greek maritime waters in the Aegean to be exploited by Turkish fishing vessels . The Chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard, A...

Acapulco, even on an early morning in late September, is hot and humid. In the afternoon, it is brutally hot and humid. Fishing on a boat for seven hours with the sun beating down and reflecting off the water isn’t easy work. But it doesn’t bother ...

The UN General Assembly General Debate will provide an opportunity to hear directly from top-level representatives of UN member states about their priorities, policy positions on immediate challenges, and possible commitments against a backdrop of interwo...

That half-eaten apple tossed in the trash bin after lunch is contributing to the staggering mountain of food wasted globally, at a time when more than 800 million people still go to bed hungry, UN agencies said on Wednesday, marking the International Day ...

The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) will launch a study in November to determine the stock and the exact amount of the species of sea cucumber found in the island nation's waters. Representatives of the authority shared their plans with sea cucumber...

Of all European fisheries and coastal communities, the ones in the UK and the Eastern Mediterranean have the highest risk of being affected by climate change. Marine researchers working in Denmark, the UK and the Netherlands published the outcomes of a co...