Rote fishermen in the Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia are chosen because they are noted as skilled seamen able to traverse the seas toward Australia by only a makeshift boat. A local agent from East Rote, East Nusa Tenggara, he asked Tempo last Apr...

In Greece's port town of Chalkida, the fishing trawlers leave each day before dawn, making it back in time for the early morning market. But business is tough, and the fishermen have a clear idea who is to blame. "We should gather all the politician...

The European Union, the world's third fishing power, came under sharp pressure from green groups and the EU executive to save the oceans from overfishing at key talks Tuesday to overhaul the sector. Angry Greenpeace activists waving giant fish bones an...

California now has the United States' first statewide underwater park system. The Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a network of Marine Protected Areas for northern California. The approval completes an eight-year plan to de...

When a floating dock the size of a boxcar washed up on a sandy beach in Oregon, beachcombers got excited because it was the largest piece of debris from last year's tsunami in Japan to show up on the US West Coast. But scientists worried it represented...

Five Sri Lankan nationals were held by the Indian Coast Guard after they were found straying in the Indian waters near Tuticorin on Saturday. The crew of Indian Coast Guard vessel, Veera found a fishing boat drifting 62 knots south east off Tuticorin coas...

The Queensland fishing industry says a Federal Government proposal for a national network of marine parks will hurt commercial fishermen. The ABC has obtained a map of the latest Environment Department proposal which would make up the biggest marine pa...

An Angolan delegation attended Friday as an observer the opening of the extraordinary session of the Regional Fisheries Commission (COREP) held in Pointe Noire, economic capital of Congo Brazzaville, chaired by the local minister of Fisheries and Aquacult...

Saving those who otherwise would have drowned in the sea has become a way of life for a group of 20 fishermen in Kotepura beach near Mangalore in India. With the monsoon around the corner, the group is getting ready to help audacious tourists who chase wa...

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