A new generation fishing vessel was built by OAO Leningrad Shipyard Pella, Otradnoye, Russia, under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). The vessel launching ceremony was held on ...

A new study reveals information about the shifting identities of the global fishing fleet, which can help tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing. The research combines a ...

Washington, D.C., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The biggest threat albatrosses face at sea is being caught and killed on commercial fishing hooks as they target bait for food. New research shows ...

HONOLULU-- Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he's been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the ...

HONOLULU — A commercial fishing crew and a federal observer were rescued after their vessel sank and they spent hours in a life raft hundreds of miles off the coast of Hawaii Island, the U.S. Coast ...

Purse seining, a method where a floating net is drawn together like a closing purse to catch fish, was detected in 17 percent of the ocean. Global Fishing Watch This map shows total fishing activity ...

The United States Department of Justice announced today that it has fined Azure Fishery LLC and related parties a total of $475,000 in civil penalties for various violations of the Clean Water Act, ...

Have you ever wondered how much commercial fishing actually takes place on the planet’s oceans? Unlike agriculture and forestry, it has been difficult, if not impossible, to get a good handle on the ...

Two South Florida shark divers who were convicted for cutting sharks and a goliath grouper free from what they believed was an illegal fishing longline expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump ...