Based on the announcement today that the European Union’s industrial fishermen have already reached their share of this year’s Atlantic bluefin tuna catch and must return to port at midnight tonight, ...

Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically depleting tuna stocks in a win for oceanside states that rely on smaller-scale fishing ...

President Donald Trump in April decided to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument area, and his move is being challenged in federal court in Hawaii.

Skipjack tuna at a fish market in the Philippines Obsidian Soul via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...

As industrial boats prepare to set sail on Saturday for the annual Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing season on the Mediterranean Sea, WWF is urging all fishing countries to keep the fishery closed this ...

Tuna might seem like a quick, healthy choice for lunch or dinner, but there’s a lot more behind that tin or sushi roll than ...

Most species of manta and devil rays (genus Mobula) are endangered, yet industrial purse seine fishing vessels unintentionally catch about 13,000 each year while hunting tuna, according to one ...

Several companies – including Albacora, Maruha Nichiro, Dongwon, Bolton Group and Sajo – are key harvesters of tuna species threatened with extinction. An estimated 56% of the 30 largest tuna ...

The prospects of opening up Hawaii’s protected marine monument to commercial fishing has moved a step closer to reality.

Illegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the very economic viability of the fishing industry. Marine protected areas — zones set aside to safeguard marine ...

Oceans activists are calling for tinned tuna to be banned from hospitals, school canteens, care homes and maternity wards after high concentrations of mercury were found in every sample analysed. They ...