A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world's most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world's oceans.
The deal, made at an...
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...
A PLEA is being made to the Pacific Island Forum (PIF's) countries to take their cue from Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and Vanuatu in calling for the United Nations to establish an...
Canada does not plan to join an international movement calling for a UN ban on bottom trawling on the high seas, a spokesman for Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said Tuesday after the minister met...
Federal fishery regulators imposed a permanent ban Wednesday on bottom trawl fishing in nearly 150,000 square miles of federal waters off the West Coast.
In making the decision, the National...
