The combined effect of rapid ocean warming and the practice of targeting big fish is affecting the viability of wild populations and global fish stock says new research by the University of Melbourne and the University of Tasmania. Unlike earlier s...

Schneider Electric is using recycled fishing nets to create switches and sockets for the home, effectively giving the materials a second purpose without them needing to pile up as ocean garbage. Sustainability is a pretty big focus of Schneider Electric, ...

There once was a small fish called “tequila splitfin” or “zoogoneticus tequila” that swam in a river in western Mexico, but disappeared in the 1990s. Scientists and residents, however, have achieved the return of a species extinct in nature — bu...

In recent days, when the Covid-19 epidemic has been basically controlled, the bustling atmosphere at the major ports such as Phan Thiet, La Gi in Binh Thuan Province is on the air and fishermen are rushed off their feet to prepare for ships out to sea. ...

The joy of giving and sharing was in the air this Christmas as 30 fishermen were presented with hampers at the Pusat Perkhidmatan Setempat Nelayan (PPSN) in Sungai Batu and Gertak Sanggul, Penang. Penang Infrastructure Corporation (PIC) chief executive...

Twice a week, 50-year-old Brajasundari loads a collection of jerrycans onto a pedal cart, climbs aboard and travels three kilometres from her village Kanchrahati to buy water. Millions of women in arid and semi-arid regions of South Asia would call her lu...

The November 2021 oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa State, started at least three days earlier than the owner of the well and the federal government publicly acknowledged, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has found. The spill, one of Nigeria’s worst in recent...

Biendi Maganga-Moussavou had a problem. As Gabon’s minister of fisheries, agriculture and food security, he helps oversee the African country’s marine protected areas, some of the most extensive in Africa. Covering 27% of Gabon’s Exclusive Econom...

Three fishermen from Orange Valley in Trinidad & Tobago who went missing four days ago have been reunited with their families. They were rescued yesterday evening by fellow fishermen. On the morning of December 27, Luis Manuel Yirvin, his cousin Gil...

The loss of livelihood and absence of life’s basic amenities have pushed fishermen communities along Pakistan's Sindh’s coast into extreme poverty. There is a dire need to build their capacity and offer them support for income generation. This was ...