Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are ...

A marine expedition, including a researcher from the Marshall Islands, have visited Bikini atoll, as part of a scientific voyage across the Pacific Islands. Bikini atoll was used for peacetime atomic ...

Five years after the creation of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park, the largest fully protected marine area in North America, experts report no negative impacts on the Mexican fishing sector Image ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two decades ago, the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier opened in the fall with enormous fanfare — enthusiastic anglers pulling in fish from stocked waters plus a grand opening party ...

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 ...

Fishing gear from just five regions could account for most of the floating plastic debris in the ‘North Pacific garbage patch’, a vast swathe of the North Pacific Ocean that holds tens of thousands of ...