India, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday frowned upon the "unwritten ban" imposed by the Tamil Nadu Government on fishermen by not granting access passes for using purse seine nets in the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Fishing communities on small islands in the Java Sea and farther afield have long complained that large purse seine vessels are encroaching on ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Fishers on a group of small islands in the Java Sea are calling for a crackdown on larger boats using a banned type of seine net in their waters.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MEDAN -- Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has announced the use of trawl and seine nets in fishing in Indonesian waters would be banned starting next year. "As from ...