More than 90 per cent of the billions of dollars in subsidies granted to the world's fishing fleets are likely to be in violation of global trade rules, according to a report released by the World

The United Nations has declared 1998 the International Year of the Ocean. This has provided a pretext for lofty talk about resucing the oceans from pollution and overfishing. Recent decisions by

Lobsters are fancy species among fish lovers with price being no barrier in markets like Singapore, Japan and the US. The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) , involved in the development

Unsustainable and unethical fishing practices have finally taken their toll. A recently concluded workshop on the Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) for Indian fresh water species has

In Port Simpson and other communities on British Columbia's northern coast, this fishing season has brought renewed frustration, as stalled talks between Canada and Alaska on the Pacific Salmon

People belonging to various sections have expressed grave concern over illegal fishing during the breeding season which has flooded the markets of the city as well as of other parts of the state with

The Interior Ministry of Thailand has instructed governors of 16 provinces to finish drafting action plans to ban inland shrimp farming in their jurisdictions by the end of next week, Deputy

From the middle Atlantic states to coastal Florida, health officials are bracing for what some scientists say could be another rough year which will see an increase in pfiesteria-like microbes around

Hundreds of fish have been killed by illegal dynamite fishing off Sai Kung in the past two days in Hong Kong. More than 600 fish, each about four centimetres long, have been killed

To establish a more conciliatory mood at the ongoing bilateral fisheries talks, Korea and Japan have launched a joint research project on the operation of Korean fishing boats in japanese waters,