The government says it wants to tackle the pressing issue of rapidly declining fish populations so that it can rejuvenate the local fishing industry and make it sustainable. Dr Andy Cornish, Director ...

The looming ban on bottom trawling is the latest threat to Malaysia’s fishermen, who are also facing declining catch levels, a lack of interest from local youth in joining the trade, piracy in the ...

Kendrapada: Two satellite-tagged Olive Ridley sea turtles have completed a remarkable 1,000-km journey from Odisha's ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s week-end visit to Sri Lanka proved to be quite a success according to print and ...

CHENNAI: In a rare capture, a group of scuba divers have documented the adverse impacts of bottom trawling on reefs and Olive Ridley turtles. During a recreatio ...

Environmentalists who filmed deep-sea coral destruction attribute it to NZ Greenpeace says footage was taken at Mt Longva in ...

Sri Lankan Tamil leaders urge India to ban bottom trawling to resolve fisheries conflict, impacting fishermen and marine ...

A new global study warns that the climate cost of seabed trawling is still largely unknown, and researchers say urgent action ...

A group of shrimpers who tried to flee from Coast Guard patrols during Bahrain’s seasonal fishing ban have been jailed for 10 ...

Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of transshipment, in which catches are transferred at sea to carrier ships called reefers. But the ...

Just released research from the University of Otago shows bottom trawling on the sea floor can exacerbate climate change. Scientists say their modelling shows that when heavy chains and nets are ...