Most Maine lobstermen have resumed pulling their traps after many of them tied up their boats last week in an effort to ease a glut that has driven down prices. Prices for both fishermen and consumers plummeted after soft-shell lobsters began showing u...

The U.S. has expressed condolences to the relatives of fishermen who were fired on by a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Monday night. “The Embassy of the United States of America would like to convey its condolences to the...

The brutal mauling of a 24-year-old surfer in the waters off Western Australia over the weekend has local officials pondering an end to a ban on killing great whites, according to a report from news.com.au. Witnesses have said Ben Linden, from Perth, ...

Thousands of jobs await Filipino fishermen in Taiwan, job recruitment industry officials reported yesterday. Jackson Gan, president of the Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (PILMAT), said Taiwan currently needs as many as 8,000 fishermen....

Manila on Monday warned a fleet of 30 Chinese fishing vessels to steer clear of the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone and not to exploit marine resources in the area. The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest against China ...

The aim is straightforward: In 1982, more than 160 countries agreed to maintain the global fish stocks at levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) over a long term. This agreement is part of the United Nations Convention on the Law of t...

When rains render the picturesque Colva beach in India's South Goa out of reach for tourists, it is the time for the local fishermen to have their piece of pie which is otherwise denied to them by the advent of tourism. For this reason, Custodio D'Sou...

By reducing the size of the global fishing fleet, eliminating harmful government subsidies, and putting in place effective management systems, global fisheries would be worth US$54 billion each year, rather than losing US$13 billion per year. "Global fish...

A total of of 465 fishermen in Nusajaya in Malaysia's South Johor region are in a quandary following the stalled compensation of RM2.9 million over the past eight The fishermen, from nine villages in south Johor, have been eagerly waiting for their co...

Wanted dead or alive: two Chinese piranhas. News that piranhas, which are native to the South American waters of the Amazon, have come to the Chinese city of Liuzhou, has compelled local authorities to offer a $150 reward to anyone who can land one of ...