Palau's President, President Toribiong, has vetoed Bill No. 8-50 which would undermine two important laws that are protecting Palau's waters and fisheries
Norwegian fisheries regulators in a landmark decision have banned all fishing of the critically endangered European eel starting in 2010 and cut 2009 catch quotas by 80 percent
NOAA released the preliminary 2009 updateof the Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishery. The report indicates both quotas as well as current reported catches to-date
The United States and five other nations have called on Iceland's new government to drop a plan to step up whale hunts that whalers say would create jobs in the shattered economy
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today signed a federal decree establishing the Brazilian Whale and Dolphin Sanctuary, reinforcing protection for all cetacean species in Brazilian...
Norway on Thursday authorized its whalers to harpoon 885 minke whales in 2009, a quota sharply down from previous years in what animal rights activists saw as a sign of consumers' growing...
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend
