On a damp and grimly grey winter day in Paris, Bill François is a beacon of positivity. After a brief stroll along the River Seine, he comes to a halt at the Henri IV Dock with Notre Dame Cathedral ...

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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 ...

LONE TREE POINT, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community — The net was alive and thrashing with pink salmon as fishers drew their catch up on the beach. This place has been a beloved fishing spot on the ...

A leading marine conservationist is strongly opposed to a proposal to amend Section 69 of the Fisheries Act to allow seine nets with mesh sizes smaller than 2.5 centimetres to be used at night in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Fishers on the north coast of Java are struggling to adapt to a ban on the seine net, with many boats confined to port after the government ceased ...

Recent conservation efforts have focused on proper disposal and re-use of old fishing nets. . File image Wildcoast, the Imperial Beach-based coastal conservation group, has partnered with an online ...

Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...