Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. It ended with him so badly injured from an arson attack that he struggles to recover a ...

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, ...

New satellite studies show that some highly protected marine reserves deter industrial fishing. But many others are full of fishing boats, underscoring the need for smarter enforcement.

Researchers using artificial intelligence algorithms to identify vessels in satellite images of the oceans have concluded that the majority of the world’s industrial fishing boats are not being ...

The Southern Ocean’s krill-rich waters attract multiple species of filter-feeding whales – and, increasingly, fishing boats.

An unprecedented study details that over 75 percent of all industrial fishing ships don’t publicly report their whereabouts.

Illegal fishing has plagued oceans worldwide, and new technology is providing a view of its extent. New studies show that while it still happens, protected areas where fishing is banned are thriving.

Despite assumptions that many marine protected areas exist only on paper, the world’s most strongly protected MPAs have little-to-no industrial fishing activity.