Several artisanal fishermen along the Coast, through their own initiative, have started using the Global Positioning System (GPS) device, it has been learnt. Mr Mjanga Ali, a Captain of a fishing vessel which operates on the Indian Ocean, said in Da...

Twenty Zambian fishermen have been abducted by Congolese marine soldiers on lake Mweru in Luapula province. The incident happened around 02 hours this morning when a total of 32 Zambian fishermen were caught by the soldiers. Luapula province deputy ...

Australian researchers tracking life on the Great Barrier Reef said Friday they have proven a long-debated theory that fish born in marine reserves boost overall ocean stocks by dispersing widely. The team, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Cora...

An Indian court on Friday extended the custody of two Italian marines accused of shooting two Indian fishermen after mistaking them for pirates, news reports said. Chief Judicial Magistrate A.K. Gopakuar, in the southern state of Kerala, also ordered t...

Shoes containing human bones from people killed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami are likely to begin washing up on the US West Coast later this year, an expert has said. Curt Ebbesmeyer, a retired oceanographer and expert on marine currents, drift patterns...

The biggest overhaul of commercial fishing for two decades in which the Australian government would pay fishers to leave the industry has been proposed by an independent review. The analysis found about 17 per cent of almost 1100 fishing businesses in ...

Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear. Usually folks are upbeat and busy in May, when shrimpers get back to work in Lou...

Tensions between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar have sharply increased after Spanish police demanded naval protection to defuse a fishing dispute around the Rock. A leading police union has urged Madrid to send in its armed forces to square up to the ...

An environmental group on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service to force a decision on whether it will put a population of rare dolphins living near Hawaii on the endangered species list. Its species -- called "false kil...

The New Zealand government's move to ban foreign-flagged fishing boats is being criticised for being so slow that further abuse of international crew members could occur before they are in place. Foreign-chartered vessels working for New Zealand-owned ...