The rising global demand for tuna has placed it under significant threat of overfishing. World Tuna Day, 2 May, was ...

The intergovernmental body that regulates tuna fisheries in the Indian Ocean agreed to a suite of shark conservation measures ...

We must ban trawlers in inland waterways. And North Carolina is the only state on the east coast that still allows gill nets.

The order order gives Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick a month to identify “the most heavily overregulated fisheries requiring action and take appropriate action to reduce the regulatory burden ...

WWF highlights new technologies to cut marine bycatch, protect endangered species and strengthen UK seafood sustainability ...

By Tom Campbell When I was a boy, I could walk along the Neuse River shoreline in front of our summer home and cast a rod with two shrimp-baited hooks and catch a supper of croaker or spot most any ...

Imagine a fishing boat leaving the shores of one nation, its nets cast wide, unaware that the ripples of its catch will reach ...

Halting overfishing of sharks and rays is difficult because the issue is surrounded by complex social dynamics.

Louisiana’s commercial fishing families have long been the backbone of the state’s working coast. From shrimp docks in ...

Sharks and rays are among the world's most threatened species, mainly due to overfishing. They are sometimes targeted for their fins and meat, but more often caught as bycatch in nets aiming to catch ...

A new study has revealed that an incentive program increased live releases of endangered species caught as bycatch. However, unexpectedly, the overall positive impact was reduced by some vessels ...

Tom Campbell says North Carolina needs to change how it operates its fisheries and its policies because the current operations aren't working.