Sharks and rays are among the world's most threatened species, mainly due to overfishing. They are sometimes targeted for their fins and meat, but more often caught as bycatch in nets aiming to catch ...

Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was using them as cupboard space instead. In his backyard stood a stack of empty ...

The Sindh government has banned all types of fine nets used in fishing. Their use was rapidly reducing the fish stocks in the sea. In this regard, the Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority has sent ...

Katse Dam was built as part of Phase One of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, through which Lesotho exports water to South Africa, earning M3.5-billion (R3.5-billion) annually in royalties. But the ...

ACCORDING to Sustainable Development Goal 14.4, overfishing, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, ...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, represented by the Marine Protection Department, removed fishing nets stuck on a buoy to protect the marine environment and species ...

Mr Edirisa Kakande, a fisherman from Senyondo, said tensions arise whenever individuals using fishing nets interfere with ... It is also Africa’s largest lake and has a surface area of 26,600 ...

The operation follows increased complaints from local fishing communities about the continued use of purse seine nets, which are banned in Tamil Nadu due to their harmful impact on marine ...