Millions of Indonesia’s traditional fishermen have left their jobs to become motorcycle taxi drivers, street vendors or trash pickers because they are no longer able to sustain themselves by catching fish. A recent survey by the People’s Coalition ...

Oceana has released a report on the disappointing state of the fisheries management in the Baltic Sea. The report exposes a number of unsustainable fishing practices, both legal and illegal, that persist despite the ongoing efforts to achieve a thriving a...

South Africa's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson told a closed staff meeting that she would take fishing rights away from South Africa's "Big Five" fishing firms when they came up for review next year, Business Report say...

Indian scientists came to the rescue of almost all countries in the Indian Ocean rim with a sharp and advance forecasting of a possible tsunami on Wednesday. Scientists of Hyderabad’s Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) instantly picked up si...

A strong earthquake hit western Mexico on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending people rushing out of offices onto the streets, though there were no reports of major damage. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said on his Twi...

Coastal communities have been cautioned against going into the sea for the next 48 hours, to avoid any losses in case of high waves, as a Tsunami warning has been issued to 28 countries, including Pakistan. “We’ve just received the warning and...

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...