Conservation and environmental groups will finally get the results of the first independent study on bycatch involving the ...

Attracted by bait, sea turtles off the coast of southern Peru often get caught on fishing hooks intended for mahi-mahi.

Study commissioned by lawmakers is silent on whether the state should ban shrimp trawling. But it urges changes in how North ...

Delayed federal funding has pushed the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to cancel travel and shift its October ...

Legislation moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could bring a significant change to how the state manages its ...

Commercial fishers in New Zealand are required to report captures of protected species such as seabirds, marine turtles, dolphins and many corals, which is then recorded as fishing “bycatch”.

Pakistan is poised to gain $200 million from the export of tuna fish in the coming years due to an overhaul of the industry.

Industrial fishing around the world is having a serious impact on the ocean’s biodiversity, from depleting stocks of the target wild fish species to dangerous levels of bycatch of non-target ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...