Any illegal foreign fishing vessels are monitored closely by Indian Coast Guard and the Government issues letter of Permission (LoP) only to Indian entrepreneurs allowing them to fish in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). "The LoP is issued on t...

Countries in Asia and the Pacific are at a crossroads and must strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emissions as their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, the United Nations Development Programme has said in a new report...

Chinese maritime vessels have started imposing fishing restrictions on Filipino fishermen returning to Panatag Shoal by denying them entry inside the lagoon. Located 120 nautical miles from mainland Zambales, Panatag Shoal used to be the target and pra...

Argentina's fisheries industry is at risk from a tough government line that has blocked a possible compromise in a dispute with the labor unions. Industrial action by maritime union workers demanding wage and benefit increases shut down fishery operati...

Canadian farmed fish can now be certified as organic with the release of made-in-Canada standards. The inaugural Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard, to be released Thursday, prohibits the use of antibiotics, herbicides and genetically modified organ...

Twenty small island developing nations have announced new actions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty, as they wrapped up a sustainable energy conference organized by the United Nations and the Government of Barbados. The “Barbados D...

In a recent article by Donwald Pressly (“Small-scale fishing draft ‘bucks vision’”, Business Report, May 3), some critical choices and implications for the small-scale fisheries are brought to debate. The article leaves the impression that the Nat...

Prince Charles has been addressing a major conference in Edinburgh on the future of sustainable fishing. The Duke of Rothesay was speaking at the World Fisheries Congress in his role as the founder of The Prince's International Sustainability Unit. ...

The Mexican government on Tuesday launched a national tsunami system to monitor quakes around the world that could impact the country's coastline, the Interior Ministry said. The system's aim will be to "monitor and alert the occurrence of tsunamis gen...

A red tide measuring more than 100 square kilometers drifting toward east China's coastline is threatening local fish and aquaculture industries, as it can suffocate marine life, local authorities said. The red tide, first detected on May 3 covering 78...