Thirteen thousand feet deep, on the cold, dark desert of the Pacific Ocean seafloor, scientists have discovered new sponges living on rock nodules targeted for deep-sea mining.Click on the link below to read the full story.
After half a century of conservation efforts, scientists are seeing long-term growth in some populations of the globe"s seven species of sea turtlesClick on the link below to read the full story.
Director General Applications are invited for the position of Director General.The Director General (DG) serves as the leader of the FFA Secretariat and is the primary public representative, reporting to the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) and Forum Leaders.
This year"s controversial whaling season has come to an end, with Japan capturing and killing a total of 177 whales amid global outcry.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Fiji is introducing a series of tough new ocean conservation measures to preserve fish stocks.
The seafood industry has largely stayed out of negotiations for a new international treaty that would allow for marine protected areas (MPAs) on the high seas, said the leader of the main industry organization participating in the treaty process.Click on the link below to read the full story
As you bite down into a delicious piece of fish, you probably don"t think about what the fish itself ate " but perhaps you should. More than 50 species of fish have been found to consume plastic trash at sea.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Skipjack prices in Bangkok have risen to $2,100 per metric ton while other regions are leading at $2,200. The expectation is that Bangkok will soon follow this lead.
Recreational fisheries can play a significant role in the population dynamics of threatened fish species, but have received much less research and management attention than commercial fisheries.
Federal fisheries managers rejected a petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna as endangered this week, concluding that the species is stable, despite its historic low numbers.Click on the link below to read the full story.
