Tasmania’s fisheries production value has jumped to almost one third of the national total, according to the latest report on the nation’s fisheries. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences report said Tasmania had...

Belize is looking to diversify its fish catch to include red snappers and groupers, and not just lobsters and conchs, after holding its First National Stakeholder Workshop on Ocean-based Sectors in Belize City on 28–29 November. The central American ...

A newly published study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has found that impacts of Tropical Cyclone Winston on the coastal communities of Fiji went beyond the immediate loss of lives and infrastructure. The cyclone also had a lingering effect on the...

Coastal communities recovering from hurricanes have a tendency to rebuild bigger rather than smarter, placing residents and infrastructure at even greater risk for future storms, a new study says. A team of researchers studied five communities devastat...

Researchers using artificial intelligence and “big data” plan to develop new algorithms that they say will enable them to identify, locate – and eventually predict – crimes committed in the world’s oceans, from illegal fishing off the Patagonia ...

Japan plans to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to resume commercial hunting, media reports say. The government told its MPs of the decision, NHK reports. There has been no official confirmation of the move. Commercial whaling was ba...

Taking action to improve the environmental sustainability of British Columbia businesses while also helping to improve business results is critically important to future business competitiveness and to the quality of our natural environment. That is why t...

Overfishing in EU waters, and the wasteful practice of discarding edible fish at sea, should come to an end from next year, as reforms to the common fisheries policy (CFP) are implemented after seven years of wrangling. But disputes among member states...

Scottish fishing leaders have said a European deal struck in the early hours of the morning was "as much as was possible under the circumstances". The negotiations at the December Fisheries Council in Brussels are expected to be the last before Brexit....

Artificial intelligence and extensive satellite imagery have allowed researchers to map the world's intertidal zones for the first time, revealing a significant loss of the crucial ecosystem. The University of Queensland and University of New South Wal...