Florida accounts for 90 percent of the nation's loggerhead nests, which have dwindled by half since 1998. The most recent count, according to figures just released, shows the state down another...
Fishhooks meant to catch tuna in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans are killing endangered seabirds, as well as sharks and turtles, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday.
It estimated...
A dramatic increase in shark fishing, fuelled by the lucrative shark fin market, is threatening already endangered species along the NSW coast.
Long-line fishing methods used by shark fishermen...
South African vessels account for about 500 of the estimated 33 850 seabirds killed a year during long-line fishing operations in the Benguela Current ecosystem.
About 200 of these are taken on...
Wildlife campaigners are calling for measures to protect sea turtles, cahows and other creatures potentially at risk from long-line fishing vessels.
The Ministry of Environment is currently...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials will resume the cleanup today and assess whether there was any environmental damage from a diesel fuel spill in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge....
