You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...

In March 2019, the Torrevieja City Council presented the results of a study conducted by the University of Alicante, which ...

[Photo by ZHANG YAO/CHINA NEWS SERVICE] CHANGCHUN/HARBIN — A school of large fish thrashed about in a mile-long fish seine (a type of fishing net which hangs vertically in the water with floats ...

Purse seine fishing has caused conflicts among fisher groups in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in India, initially addressed through informal district-level institutions. How courts in India have handled ...

The Japanese government has dispatched only one midsize fishing vessel annually to test out the viability of seine fishing and its profitability since the banning in 2016. Japanese officials ...