Fishing Industry

Through gene editing, scientists at Colossal Biosciences are reviving long-extinct animals. But is it really for the sake of conservation, or just human curiosity?

A federal judge in Washington has ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to put industrial fish farms in federal waters.

The country's heritage is under threat, and not only from giant conglomerates that mass-produce fish sauce in factories.

The full extent of the cuts is unclear, and fishermen affected by them described the situation as chaotic and confusing.

For centuries, Yemen's coastal wetlands played host to each year to flocks of migrating birds. But civil war has left the ecosystem in dire straits.

As climate change threatens ecosystems and economies, scientists and fisheries work together to manage imminent changes.

The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country's proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean's riches.

Two nonprofits are taking the lead in warning the public about contaminated tuna, despite efforts by the tuna lobby to suppress the evidence.

These methods can help eradicated invasive species without causing further harm to the environment.

LAMONGAN, Indonesia — Sulaiman is so practiced at stripping a zebra shark that he can skin the animal in just a few minutes. He sticks a knife into the meter-long (3-foot) fish and strips the skin away clean from the flesh and cartilage as morning breaks over East Java province. "It's only a few types […]

Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats, but the latest challenge could be the biggest one yet.

New England lobstermen are taking aim at the Biden administration's latest moves to make his offshore wind energy projects "political proof" from a possible administration change in 2024.

Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fisheries are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial and recreational fishing.

VICTORIA, Republic of Seychelles, Feb 21 (IPS) - For most of history, only those who made their living from the sea chose to live on the coast. Fear of being battered by storms, not to mention vulnerability to attacks from foreign navies, kept most people inland. Gradually that changed and, along with fisherfolk and their families, the idea of a coastal location became something of a cult. High property prices…

The world's oceans contain huge volumes of unexploited resource species living at depths between 200 and 1,000 meters in the so-called mesopelagic zone. They have the potential to provide humans with valuable resources such as oils and proteins, and much more.

An AI analysis of satellite images reveals fishing, shipping and offshore development activities worldwide by monitoring boats that don't publicly broadcast their location

About 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from Bering Sea waters between 2018 and 2021, forcing fisheries to shutter in Alaska last winter and threatening the state's economy.

Numbers of invasive Chinese mitten crabs are believed to be growing in the UK, causing damage to river beds and competing with native wildlife

Construction of a massive offshore wind complex will begin at Island Beach State Park, one of New Jersey's most popular beach destinations.

As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects that will transform coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the facilities could affect the environment