Inland and coastal communities should be empowered to protect and enhance their fisheries-based livelihoods through social development and conservation and sustainable use of aquatic biodiversity, the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (IC...

Fearless fishermen braved a typhoon to paddle through the sea in search of a bumper catch. The men waded through the choppy ocean despite the bad weather brought by typhoon Kalmaegi in Cagayan, the Philippines, this morning (November 19). More than 5,0...

Scotland's Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing yesterday warned that fishermen face an “extremely challenging picture” over whitefish stocks. Looking ahead to annual negotiations that will determine catch and quota limits for the coming year, Mr Ewing...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and Italy''s National Research Council (CNR) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration on iMarine, a cloud-based community platform to help improve fisheries management, FAO said in a statement on M...

The Vanimo Court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has ordered five Indonesian fishermen to serve a five-year prison sentence or dole out a fine of 14 thousand kinas (Rp63 million) each for various charges. The sentence took effect as of Monday (Nov 11), Indon...

There is a fleet of about a dozen outboard motorboats infamous in the local fishing community in Guam. "It's known as the Yamaha fleet," Sen. Clynt Ridgell told The Guam Daily Post. "My understanding from numerous discussions with various members o...

Fishermen who depend for their livelihoods on Zambia’s Lake Kariba are increasingly drowning in the lake, victims of fierce storms that are likely related to climate change. Early this month, in the latest instance of a series of tragic accidents, two ...

Pact Malawi has been awarded a grant of $12 million to implement a project called 'Restoring Fisheries and Sustainable Livelihoods in Lake Malawi' (REFRESH) by USAID to be implemented from 2019 to 2024. Speaking during a startup workshop for the projec...

More people than ever rely on fisheries and aquaculture for food, and income, but the seafood industry is facing a “dangerous” sustainability divide when comparing trends in the developed world versus those in poorer regions, the Food and Agriculture ...

Japan's certification system for protecting marine resources, called Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL), is expected to be approved as an international standard by the end of this year, government sources said. With eco-conscious Western nations in mind, Jap...