Fishermen from Chhatr-apati Shivaji Fish Market — located near south Mumbai’s Crawford Market — are up in arms against the civic body for directing them to shift base to Airoli, as they feel their business would be badly affected. The BMC (Bombay...

From the tops of trees to the depths of the oceans, humanity’s destruction of wildlife is continuing to drive many species towards extinction, with the latest “red list” showing that a third of all species assessed are under threat. The razing of...

Representatives from Russia and Cambodia have signed an agreement for a closer partnership between the countries' fishery and aquaculture departments, reports Khmer Times. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the pair was signed at last week's...

The culprit responsible for the decline of Mexico's once lucrative jumbo squid fishery has remained a mystery, until now. A new Stanford-led study published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science identifies shifting weather patterns and ocean conditions as...

Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has said goodbye to fishermen with her term set to come to an end in October and urged people to prevent foreign fishing vessels from entering Indonesian waters. She made her statemen...

As the global thermostat climbs and polar ice melts, the oceans are swelling and swallowing up coastlines. By some calculations, rising seas could displace 13 million Americans by 2100. Nearly every state in the U.S. will be affected by people migrating i...

Egypt’s fish market is vulnerable due to pollution, where industrial and agricultural wastes lead to the spread of viral and bacterial diseases, thus collectively accumulating an increase in prices. Hussein Abdul Rahman Abu Saddam, the allocated gen...

Japan and seven other Pacific economies started discussions in Tokyo on Tuesday on saury fishing regulations in the northern Pacific. During the annual meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), which runs through Thursday, Japan hopes t...

It’s unlikely anyone on the average Chinese aquaculture worker’s wages will afford to eat often at “Guo,” a fancy new restaurant which opened recently at the New Century Hotel in Dalian, one of China’s traditional fishing and seafood processing ...

A licensed net fisherman in Sunderland, United Kingdom, was given a substantial fine and made to pay legal costs after admitting breaking fisheries byelaws in breach of his licence conditions. Appearing at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court, on July 10, W...