Marine fish catches from the Bay of Bengal have been falling consistently over the past two years, raising concerns as sea ...

SEOUL - They spent up to 10 years at sea, toiling in some of the harshest conditions distant-water fishing crews can face. Many never set foot on land because their Chinese captains did not ...

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The case came to light after the Coast Guard spotted a boat with three men aboard using bottom trawling nets, known locally as ‘Kofa’. On seeing a patrol, they tried to flee but were chased down and ...

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 ...

Image One of the Indonesian fishermen who told researchers from the Environmental Justice Foundation about working on a boat with North Koreans.Credit...Environmental Justice Foundation If their ...

The skipper of the 116-metre trawler faces seven charges: failure to provide a boarding ladder to facilitate safe and convenient access to the boat, which is required to be in good order and be ...

“So far, subsidies were cancelled to 208 trawl boat owners for violating norms. We need to protect the turtles as well as the fishermen,” Ponmudy said. Local bodies were directed to keep ...

An unremarkable and non-marketable rockfish has been showing up in trawl nets off the West Coast this year and in high enough numbers that NMFS notified industry to avoid them. Shortbelly rockfish is ...

(ANI) Though the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act of 1983 stated that trawl boats must operate at least ... Additionally, plans have been put in place to involve police in monitoring ...

On a recent trip with Zulkifli into the waters of the Malacca Strait, which divides Indonesia’s Sumatra Island from Malaysia in the east, Mongabay saw two pairs of trawl boats fishing 1.5 nmi (2 ...