We hear a lot about the overfishing crisis. Overfishing is, in fact, a crisis and we are running out of fish. Frankly, this is a crisis that you and I will survive. But a billion people are running out of fish, and they won't survive because fish is their...

Two big earthquakes struck western Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending people rushing out of offices onto the streets, the US Geological Survey said. There were no reports of major damage after the first of the two tremors. ...

Two massive earthquakes off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia, on Wednesday triggered panic, tsunami warnings around the Indian Ocean and reminders of the horrific 2004 disaster, but little actual damage or injury. The first quake, which measured 8.5 in mag...

China has lodged a protest to thePhilippines alleging harassment of its fishermen by thePhilippine Navy in a lagoon in its Huangyan Island in theSouth China Sea. According to the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, 12Chinese fishing boats were moving i...

The India-based Alliance for the Release of Innocent Fishermen has filed a case in a Jaffna court in Sri Lanka seeking the release of five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who have been jailed in Sri Lanka on the charges of smuggling narcotic substances. Sta...

The Philippines’ largest warship was engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese surveillance vessels Wednesday at a disputed South China Sea shoal, after the ship attempted to arrest Chinese fishermen but was blocked by the surveillance craft. Philippi...

Sometimes, the collective knowledge of generations of locals is just as valuable as a network of high-tech sensors. That’s what scientists studying the fluid dynamics of Lake Como in the Italian Alps found, when they began to interview fishermen. The...

A draft federal evaluation has found that three more common pesticides used on home lawns and agricultural crops jeopardize the survival of West Coast salmon in the United States. The evaluation from NOAA Fisheries Service is the latest one resulting f...

Tamil Nadu plans to go high-tech in fishing to tap the large resource in the mid-sea. Learning from the techniques used in Denmark, the State Government plans to procure two mid-sea processing ships — a first in the country. The ships will act as ...

Scientists have created “armour-plated” salmon in what is being hailed as a massive boost to Scotland’s multi-million pound angling and fish farming industries. For the first time, thousands of young salmon – smolts – harvested from the wild ...