When we think of marine life, we usually picture colorful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight never reaches and food is scarce, vast gardens of deep-sea sponges are quietly ...

A recent meeting of the intergovernmental body that manages fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean failed to confer new protections for the Emperor Seamount Chain, a massive and richly biodiverse set of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Deep-sea trawling is destroying underwater mountains teeming with marine life and causing irreparable damage to ecosystems, scientists warned on Wednesday. Sign up here. Most of the ...

Far out on the high seas, on any given day, hundreds of fishing vessels drag huge nets, big enough to snag a 747 jumbo jet, across the ocean bottom, vacuuming up 150-year-old fish, flattening ancient ...

In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways Christian Elliott A variety of marine creatures and unique features can be found in the ...

A proposed rule would promote research and conservation efforts at a California national marine sanctuary. A proposed rule from NOAA Fisheries would bar fishermen from using gear that touches the ...

Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world’s fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and social concerns. Given that, you’d think there would be an answer to basic ...

The revised norms seek to tap high-value tuna resources that remain largely underutilised, even as neighbouring countries ...