New A.I. analysis systems aim to count fish and identify species, streamlining the time-intensive process of recording commercial fishing activity

Areas along the west coast of North America face multiple threats that are altering the ocean ecosystems and ways of life for coastal communities. Significant declines in what once were considered ine...

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...

An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’ A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of…

A forgotten museum collection reveals how a pause in industrial whaling during World War II changed whales at the molecular level.

A $49 million federal program expands Alaska's mariculture sector while increasing tribal participation, combining traditional harvesting practices with new business opportunities in kelp and shellfis...

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year a...

Global tuna fisheries are valued at more than $40 billion, with the majority of this value derived from purse seine fisheries. Recently created large-scale marine protected areas are potentially big e...

The Environment Portfolio For more than 30 years, Pew has been a major force in engaging the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences, and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing...

The Commission agreed to implement measures aimed at ensuring fair pay, safe and decent working conditions, and protections against forced labour and other abuses.

The WCPFC annual meeting made progress on electronic monitoring and labor standards but delayed updating transshipment management

In the late 1990s, swordfish had been so overfished in the North Atlantic Ocean that its population faced the possibility of collapse. The dire situation sparked boycotts and conservation campaigns in...

The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean represent more than half the global tuna catch and are among the most valuable in the world, worth US$21 billion each year. But with such he...

Identifying areas that may be suitable for sustainable aquaculture, strengthening American food security and coastal economies.

Mackerel and herring in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, near Europe, have been dramatically overfished for many years, endangering the stocks and creating potential knock-on effects for marine mammals a...

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas wrapped up its annual meeting in Cyprus, marking a mixture of progress and setbacks in fisheries management and conservation efforts

Researchers don’t know exactly what the whales were saying, of course, but the discovery that the proportions of call types changed is intriguing on its own.

The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean represent more than half the global tuna catch and are among the most valuable in the world, worth US$21 billion each year. But with such he...

ALT: a shark is swimming in the ocean with a netflix logo behind it

Use of cameras, gear sensors and GPS units will help improve the sustainability of UK fish stocks.

It comes as new data shows a dramatic increase of dolphin captures and other fish and seabirds by the commercial fishing industry.

From Tuesday, a new class of fishing boats must have cameras fitted to film their catch and release methods.

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is the only worldwide intergovernmental forum that examines international fisheries and aquaculture issu...

The tuna weighed 238 kilograms and was sold Friday to seafood wholesaler Yamayuki and sushi chain operator Onodera Group.

Ghanian police are reportedly investigating the death of a fishery observer after the discovery of his decapitated body.

Uyghurs and North Koreans are forced to work in Chinese seafood processing plants. But the federal government purchases millions of dollars of this seafood for the military and school lunches.

Once a staple in American homes, canned tuna consumption dropped 45.7% between 2000 and 2021. That is mainly due to changing consumer preferences, sustainability concerns, market consolidation and a m...

A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery.

The commercial fishing industry brings in $141 billion a year, but tracing where and with whom the profits end up is nearly impossible because of opaque corporate structures employed by many large-sca...

The world’s fish stocks and the communities that depend on them are increasingly affected by warming waters caused by climate change. With shifts in stock range and dynamics such as maturation rates...

Big players in the seafood industry have made little progress in sustainability and human rights diligence, the WBA said

China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence. This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.

The long read: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve ...

Seventy-six countries and the European Union have now signed the high seas treaty, signaling interest in ratifying the agreement designed to protect marine biodiversity in international waters. The si...

With catch worth more than US $40 billion dollars per year, tuna is one of the most important species for supermarkets and other companies in the global seafood industry. So it is critical that its ca...