Fishing communities on small islands in the Java Sea and farther afield have long complained that large purse seine vessels are encroaching on traditional fishing grounds. On Sembilan Island, between ...

Fishermen in the Coastal County of Lamu are set to benefit in an exchange program that will see them get new and sustainable fishing gear in exchange of the destructive beach seine nets. The new ...

Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups ...