Sometimes called the “convict fish” because of his wide, black stripes, the sheepshead is a bait stealer. He doesn’t nibble; ...

Canada has lifted a three-decade moratorium on commercial cod fishing, but there are signs Atlantic stocks have not fully ...

Nine men are set to appear in court today as part of a huge case into alleged breaches of sea fishing regulations.

For sevendecades, Sir David Attenborough has traversed the globe to document the kaleidoscopic diversity of Earth’s ...

Samoa, an archipelagic country composed of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean, is on the frontline of climate change.

Calls for a ban on inshore fishing by industrial trawlers have become an increasingly divisive issue among coastal ...

Many fishermen continue to fish beyond the permitted eight nautical miles, at times venturing as far as 100 nautical miles to ...

Days spent adrift in the vast ocean, amid rolling waves and roaring winds – this is the life for many deep-sea fishermen. Cut off from the routines of land, they cast massive nets into the water and ...

A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 4 June.

As a reddish dawn broke over the tiny, coral-rich Greek archipelago of Fournoi, Manolis Mytikas's wooden fishing boat slowly ...

The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans.

The natural gas project, a joint venture between British energy giant BP and U.S.-based Kosmos Energy, started operations on ...