Ten fishermen from Andhra Pradesh were arrested for illegal fishing within the protected turtle zone in Gahirmatha marine ...

An environmental group has settled a lawsuit against the state over fishing practices that caused the deaths of federally protected sea turtles, officials said Thursday. An environmental group has ...

Seabirds like this sooty shearwater can drown when they become tangled in drift nets and other fishing gear. Roy Lowe, USFWS/Flickr, CC BY My colleagues and I mapped activity in the northeast Pacific ...

WWF is working with one the world’s largest manufacturer of fishing hooks to reduce the accidental catch of millions of marine turtles. By producing circle hooks for commercial fishermen, WWF and ...

The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 to try to remediate some of the extensive damage. The settlement set ...

An April 17 executive order from the White House allows commercial fishing to resume in the waters near the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument On April 17, President Donald Trump signed ...

Octaviano Sanchez, who has been a long-line fisherman for nearly thirty years, was the first one in Jurubira who dared participate in the traditional hooks exchange programme and try out the ...

More than 100 olive ridley turtles were found dead in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Beach in the last few weeks. Conservationists blame the uncontrolled use of fishing nets and increased tourism during the ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reminding beachgoers about the dangers of leaving fishing lines at the shores after finding two sea turtles entangled on Friday, June 16. The staff posted about the ...

Samuel Crosby, 11, of Sharpsburg loves to fish in O’Hara Township Community Park. “I fish for anything,” the Dorseyville Middle School student said as he reeled in a not-too-happy-to-be-caught ...

This is the heartwarming moment firefighters rescued a hapless sea turtle trapped in a fishing net in Phuket. The officers were called to the scene after residents spotted the reptile stuck in the ...

On April 17, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation opening the waters of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to U.S. commercial fishing. According to a fact sheet regarding ...