A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for African penguins that are facing extinction in part because of threats to their ...

The Great African Expedition launched from the Baltic port of Kaliningrad in August 2024. An orchestra played “When the Saints Go Marching In” and a priest blessed the crews with holy water. Officials ...

African waters have been contributing to the global supply of fish for years, with three of the four most productive marine ecosystems in the world near the continent. African countries’ Exclusive ...

With roughly 50 percent of its fish stocks fully exploited, 25 percent over-exploited and the other 25 percent completely collapsed, it’s not hard to see why relations among ASEAN nations are so ...

African waters have been contributing to the global supply of fish for years, with three of the four most productive marine ecosystems in the world near the continent. African countries' Exclusive ...

Africa is forging a plan to benefit from its seas, secure food for its people and in turn help address a major global problem. Africa’s once fertile seas are under tremendous pressure. Human impact on ...

Traditional blue boats moored at the harbour of Essaouira, Morocco. Marco Bottigelli/GettyImages The African marine fisheries sector is huge. It’s valued at more than US$24 billion per year. The ...

A new analysis shows that industrial fishing fleets operating in the waters of African countries and territories spend an average of nearly 6% of their fishing effort inside zones set aside for ...

Officials from 24 African countries met in Cameroon last month and called for China to stop illegal fishing off the West African coast. In some areas, Chinese fishermen have pushed their local ...

In a report released Wednesday, the maritime intelligence consultancies TM Tracking and I.R. Consilium have highlighted the ways that illegal fishing vessel operators exploit African flag registries ...

Fishing communities along Africa's coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and exploration revenue to jumpstart their "blue economies," ...

Industrial fleets from countries around the world have been increasingly fishing in African waters, but with climate change and increasing pollution threatening Africa's fish stocks, there is a ...