Marine ecosystems are under mounting pressure from industrial fishing and pollution, and the consequences could extend far ...

WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2011 (ENS) – The oceans advocacy group Oceana is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service based on the agency’s alleged failure to account for the catch of non-target ...

Whenever fishing vessels harvest fish, other animals can be accidentally caught or entangled in fishing gear as bycatch. Numerous strategies exist to prevent bycatch, but data have been lacking on the ...

So much sea life is inadvertently caught and tossed overboard for dead that the persistent practice is a serious threat to marine ecosystems, including the waters off Rhode Island, according to a ...

New fish trap that allows unwanted fish to escape wins conservation award. Photo by: Tim McClanahan/WCS. An innovative fish trap that allows small non-target fish to escape has won a new content by ...

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped build a better fish trap, one that keeps ...

Commercial fishing creates a mind-boggling amount of waste, at least 7.3 million tons (PDF) annually of discarded fish ("bycatch") which are either unwanted, illegal to keep, or mangled in the gear.

Spawning salmon swim on Sept. 7, 2005, in the Grand Central River on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Salmon-dependent villagers in western Alaska believe trawlers harvesting pollock and other ...

Scientists have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped build a better fish trap, one that keeps valuable fish in while letting undersized juvenile fish and non-target species out. Scientists ...