Skipjack tuna at a fish market in the Philippines Obsidian Soul via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...

Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically depleting tuna stocks in a win for oceanside states that rely on smaller-scale fishing ...

Based on the announcement today that the European Union’s industrial fishermen have already reached their share of this year’s Atlantic bluefin tuna catch and must return to port at midnight tonight, ...

President Donald Trump in April decided to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument area, and his move is being challenged in federal court in Hawaii.

The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch in reckless fishing operations or lose their lives ...

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of an enormous marine protected area in the Central Pacific Ocean to industrial ...

The prospects of opening up Hawaii’s protected marine monument to commercial fishing has moved a step closer to reality.

In spring 2020, while organizing a virtual ladies-only marlin release tournament, Pam Taylor — a long-time commercial construction sales worker and avid angler in Ocean City, Maryland — noticed ...

The primary pathway for human mercury poisoning is consumption of fish that absorb high concentrations of methylmercury through the marine food chain. Landings of tuna and other large predatory fish ...

Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...

In Alaska, a state famous for abundant salmon and huge, cold-water-loving crab, another type of fish is making a splash: tuna. Incursion of warm waters into Southeast Alaska coastal areas off Sitka ...