Fisheries & Oceans

The 33rd Pacem in Maribus (Latin for Peace in the Oceans) Conference concluded in Beijing Saturday, with the Beijing Declaration being adopted, which calls for joint efforts from world countries to promote the sustainable development of oceans.

The French yacht Tara leaves Sunday on the second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen.

The curtain rises on the annual theatre of the absurd known as sockeye season on the Fraser, which begins with the comical ritual of clowns putting their oversized boots to the hangdog department of fisheries and oceans.

New York, Sep 4 : Highlighting the centrality of the marine environment to human well-being, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday stressed the collective global responsibility to protect the world's oceans.

Highlighting the centrality of the marine environment to human well-being, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the collective global responsibility to protect the world’s oceans.

The sparkle of starlight off water could be the clincher for finding oceans on extrasolar planets. And it could be observable with the tech that will be deployed in the next generation of space telescopes.

UNITED NATIONS : United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday stressed the collective global responsibility to protect the world’s oceans, highlighting the importance of the marine environment for human well-being.

The Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire on an offshore oil-drilling platform on April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as one of the largest marine oil spills in history. The threat to Florida’s commercial and recreational fisheries was...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has awarded $162,000 to Target Marine Hatcheries Ltd. for a project to advance Canada’s sturgeon freshwater aquaculture industry.

The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are central to the survival of millions in Africa, but the resource is under threat, yet the region should exploit market possibilities.

Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?

A stranded dolphin was rescued by sea patrol members, fisheries officers and the police in San Teodoro town, Mindoro Oriental Thursday afternoon and released in deep waters two hours later, authorities said.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Friday said the country will ask the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to lift the two-year ban on tuna fishing in two identified pockets of international waters. In a message delivered by former Senator Mar Roxas, Aquino said the Philippines will push for the opening portions of the high seas to Philippine tuna catchers or give ...

GALLOWAY — The state Marine Fisheries Council took a step Thursday toward endorsing a state saltwater fishing license — but the advisory panel said it would support alternative funding proposals, too.

More debate sure to come

The ocean salmon fisheries are productive for a mix of chinook and hatchery coho, and all ports appear in no danger of getting shutdown early.

Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and the Regional Minister responsible for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced the start of construction for the Canadian Coast Guard's new mid-shore patrol vessels.

The significant reduction of algal biomass production in Laguna de Bay, along with the practical disappearance of zooplankton, is choking the fish species endemic to the lake. These facts have been known to the Philippine government for the last five years but little, if ever, was done to arrest these disturbing developments. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) conducted in 2005 showed that ...

The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese town that slaughters dolphins delivered a petition to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday demanding an end to the hunt.