As underwater photographers, we travel far and wide for the privilege of unique encounters with marine life. When the encounters and conditions all come together, we sometimes even have the...
"Not On Our Menu" is a superbly produced anti-shark finning video, which urges people to sign a petition, which will be presenting to the United Nations Secretary General on world's Ocean Day June 8th
Indonesia's coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonization and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists say
Coral reef scientists and policy makers from the world's most prominent coral reef nations are meeting in Australia this week to develop urgent action plans to rescue the world's richest centre of...
With its rich marine life, particularly the rich shark populations, Cocos Island, Costa Rica is in dire threat. Underwater photographers Georgene Bradley and Jay Ireland are finalists in the...
A British trawler has sparked an international incident after being filmed taking a boatload of endangered fish caught in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and then dumping the majority...
Conservationists in Cornwall are planning to use a hi-tech sonic device in a battle to save the last group of bottlenose dolphins to swim in English waters
Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under U.S. jurisdiction
Adding even greater urgency to the call for closure of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, WWF and Greenpeace denounce new indications of illegal fishing
Scientists fear Indonesian fishermen hunting whale sharks are responsible for a 40 per cent drop in numbers along the Ningaloo Reef in the past 10 years
During a time when "Australia links organized crime to illegal fishing", the Queensland, Australia Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries is creating a dedicated shark fishery of their own.
Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market
Westchester County in New York may potentially be the first county in the entire US to enact a ban on shark fins and shark products. It is vital that we show support for this cause. Help set a...
Three big tiger sharks from the school well known to the diving community at Aliwal Shoal on the South Coast are suspected to have been illegally captured and killed for meat
About a fifth of the world's fish landings are illegal and the proportion is increasing, adding to the global problem of declining fish stocks, scientists have said
A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) discovered two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet, close to Abu Al Abyad Island
Conviction for largest ever illegal importation of coral to NZ
55 year old Charles Yip Mou Lam was convicted in Auckland District Court yesterday for attempting to illegally import 700kg of...
East Asian countries are importing between 50% and 90% more Russian sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught, according to a new report from WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring...
Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd staff members, International Director Jonny Vasic and Events & Media Relations Director Kristine Vasic departed for Melbourne November 5th after a successful...
Fishermen caught nearly twice their legal quota of critically endangered bluefin tuna in European waters this year despite stocks being in a state of collapse, according to investigators
THE multibillion-dollar Japanese southern bluefin tuna scandal is worsening under closer Australian Government scrutiny. An official investigation has already found that over 20 years Japanese...
All the latest research suggests that most healthy Americans should be eating more fish these days, since it's so packed with nutrients. We need the omega 3's and 6's for heart health, anti-aging...
Malaysian authorities plan to sink 22 confiscated fishing vessels off the country's western coast to form artificial reefs on the bottom of the South China Sea, the Bernama news agency said on...
Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
Russian police seized almost half a tonne of contraband caviar worth an estimated $600,000 as it was being smuggled through a military airfield in black rubbish bags, the interior ministry said on...
Three Polish fishing boats from seaside town of Jastarnia, Poland, have broken a ban introduced by the European Union on cod catching in eastern Baltic Sea.
In their storage bunkers Polish...
Conservationists are urging the Australian government to protect the Coral Sea, one of its last tropical marine wildernesses.
The sea was recently declared a "predator diversity...
Nakhon Si Thammarat _ Thong Nien, Khanom and Sadej bays will be designated an environmental protection zone to safeguard the habitat of humpback dolphins, Natural Resources and Environment Minister...
Who will keep our seafood supply safe? Don't count on the US government, because our seafood safety net has holes in it.
Remember that Chinese seafood scandal? The one where some dangerous...
The Moroccan government has brought into force a tough law that will punish fishermen who continue to use driftnets in its waters. WWF congratulates Morocco on this strong action against illegal...
As shark populations plummet worldwide, Marine Reserves are the new target of illegal fisheries. Many of the world's marine protected areas, such as the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Islands, are...
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Founder Captain Paul Watson has been awarded the Amazon Peace Prize for his work on behalf of the environment and marine species of Latin America. While in Quito...
Turtles in the Caribbean are under threat from over-fishing and illegal trade, with almost all eggs laid in Guatemala taken by humans, a wildlife trade monitoring network said on Tuesday....
A team of diving instructors in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh has launched a new sea turtle conservation scheme to help protect the area's turtle population. The Red Sea Turtle...
A dramatic increase in the number of sightings of unauthorised fishing vessels in the western and central Pacific Ocean in the last three months is alarming fisheries officials meeting in...
The European Commission is preparing to ban fishing for bluefin tuna within EU waters to save the species from extinction. The failure of France, Italy and Spain to observe EU limits on tuna...
A total of 49 foreign fishermen, allegedly caught fishing illegally in waters off northwestern Australia, have been taken to Darwin.
The men, understood to be Indonesian, were on six fishing...
New evidence has been produced showing that Italian fishermen are still using drift nets in the Mediterranean more than five years after they were outlawed in Europe. Drift nets were banned because...
Knowing where the cod on your plate comes from could dramatically reduce illegal fishing in the Baltic Sea.
WWF research shows that introducing a system where fish can be traced from "sea...
The Government has released defence surveillance footage of a Japanese whaling fleet in the Ross Sea, in an attempt to sway Japanese public opinion over their government's whaling programme.
The...
President Bush today is planning to sign the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act into law. This act, which passed in the waning hours of the 109th Congress,...
Environmental groups and beleaguered rangers of the Tubbataha National Marine Park on Friday challenged President Arroyo to stand firm in the case of a 30-man Chinese crew caught with hundreds of...
Brazilian environmental authorities were investigating Monday what caused some 15 tons of dead fish to wash up in a major southern river.
Andre Milanez, of the Rio Grande do Sul state...
The navy has been given permission to fire at illegal fishing boats that refuse to be apprehended in Australian waters.
Under new rules of engagement approved by Defence Minister Brendan Nelson,...
Southeast Asia's voracious appetite for shark fin soup may be contributing to a dramatic drop in the number of reef sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a marine scientist says.
Dr Sean...
The Task Force Bantay Dagat here again scored against illegal fishing after arresting 16 fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing.
Sun.Star Network Online's 12th Asean Summit Watch
Those...
United Nations negotiators failed to agree on Thursday on a measure banning a fishing practice known as high-seas bottom trawling that environmentalists say chews up the ocean floor and depletes...
former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, overhauled and refitted by World Wildlife Fund, began patrolling the waters of the Galapagos today as the first National Park Service vessel fast enough to outrun...
Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said...
The Japanese government had admitted taking too many blufin tuna and would reduce its quota, federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz said today.
It was revealed in August that Japanese fishers and...
Illegal fishing may have caused the accidental deaths of about 200 green turtles in the protected area of Playa Ostional, in Costa Rica s Pacific coast, Gilbert Rojas, from the area s Association...
An international marine conservation organisation is concerned for the welfare of sharks following the potential support of 'shark finning' within the European Union.
The marine conservation...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of General Counsel has settled a multiple-violation shark case with the owner of Brooklyn-based Agger Fish Corporation. The fish...
Less than 2 percent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution despite government promises of wider safeguards, an international study...
Less than 2 per cent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution, an international study says.
The study, which has been published in the...
CAUGHT red-handed with $10,000 worth of Australian fish, a group of illegal Indonesian fishermen faced South Australian justice and were fined - just $5.
Despite the maximum penalty being 5500...
Pirate trawlers will be tracked by a new database as part of a planned crackdown on illegal fish catches worth $9.5 billion a year that are adding to strains on global stocks, an international...
An environmental group waited too long to seek a ban on fishermen who sometimes catch birds and turtles with swordfish lines, a federal appeals court said yesterday in dismissing the case...
Three illegal fishing boats have been caught off the north eastern coast of Australia, near one of the most environmentally significant islands in the Great Barrier Reef...
A new Indonesian fleet of more than 400 speedboats is taking thousands of sharks from northern Australian waters, and is behind a recent upsurge in illegal fishing.
An Australian Government...
