Over the past month, Australian Border Force (ABF) has destroyed seven foreign vessels and detained the crews after they were ...

Illegal fishing is ravaging the world's oceans of fish and shellfish but it is what is left behind that is creating a mess for governments worldwide and of Australia's most remote beaches.

Fishing bans could be lifted at a number of freshwater lakes and reserves across the state in a bid to boost the algal ...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing impacts ecosystems, economies, human security, international law, governance and human development. IUU fishing is a priority issue across the ...

When a series of scientific reports detailing Japanese commercial longline catches along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was released by the government of Japan in 1965, the reports not only specified ...

The state of South Australia has banned fishing of several endangered or critically endangered sharks and rays in its waters. “These endemic species … are as unique as a koala and in just as much ...

A massive humpback whale that found itself tangled up in fishing equipment has been successfully released back into the deep. The 36-foot-long whale was found on Monday in the waters off Quondong ...