‘Ghost Fishing’ is what fishing gear does when it has been lost, dumped or abandoned. Imagine a fishing net that gets snagged on a reef or...
The Indonesian government has announced it has sunk 34 impounded foreign boats in the country’s latest bid to deter vessels from illegally fishing there. The empty boats...
Sharks have been dealt a poor hand. They are demonised by the media and film industry because that’s what sells papers and movies. It doesn’t help...
Joint study finds some firms with unsustainable choices on the menu More than half the UK’s large restaurant chains are using seafood from overfished areas of...
On July 1, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law banning driftnet fishing in Russian waters. Driftnets, floating walls of net that are nearly invisible...
Iconic fish faces uncertain future, says Marine Conservation Society, and drastic measures are required to protect the stock The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation...
Imagine — thousands upon thousands of sharks, sea turtles, even seabirds, hooked… stuck… often killed or injured and tossed back to sea. Year after year. It’s...