The whitefish trawler Opportune arrived back in Shetland on Saturday, but not for long. Unabashed by sinking this time last ...

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

Thousands of miles from home, North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader, a new study says.

Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard the livelihoods of ordinary fishermen in Tamil Nadu ...

An Indian trawl boat, in its rush to evade seizure by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities, had abandoned the net with a fish stock valued Rs.250,000, an incident offering a glimpse of the total ...

(ANI) Though the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act of 1983 stated that trawl boats must operate at least five nautical miles (approximately 9.26 km) from the shore, reserving the exempted ...

Further, the trawl boats frequently damage Sri Lankan fishermen’s modest fishing gear and nets, bought with their sole savings. Along the Tamil Nadu coast, especially in Rameswaram and ...