A commercial fisherman is heading to prison after a jury convicted him of catching hundreds of pounds of snowy grouper and ...

Scientists along Peru's central Pacific coast are sounding the alarm that more action is needed to protect seabirds, sea ...

Evidence against commercial fisherman Don Rynn included video clips, witnesses in the commercial fishing business and experts ...

Scientists along Peru's Pacific coast warn of severe risks to marine wildlife, including seabirds, sea lions, and penguins, ...

The decades-long overexploitation of the marine fisheries resources of most West African countries is one of the top drivers ...

Overfishing is a global concern that is easy to believe is happening in some far-off distant land by a few bad characters.

But overfishing isn't the only contributor to higher mercury levels in fish. Climate change — and the rising ocean temperatures that come with it — means fish are more active and need more ...

Overfishing was rampant in the Northeast for decades until managers slowly began to impose tougher catch restrictions in the 1990s.

CNN’s Kate Bolduan, an avid diver and seafood connoisseur, meets with Jenn Dianto Kemmerly, VP of the Global Ocean Initiatives at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to promote and develop sustainable ...

ENVIRONMENT Overfishing, not climate change, is pushing some sharks to brink of extinction Researchers analyzed more than 22,000 hours of video footage to study the massive decline in reef sharks ...

Bahamas Overfishing wipes out Bahama’s marine snails, a fundamental seafood resource Marine snails or conch in the Bahamas could cease to be commercially viable in 6 years ...

2006-11-02 17:04:04 PST -- The world's oceans are under increasing assault from overfishing, pollution and global warming that threatens to wipe out vital fisheries and create a crisis for human ...