Fisheries sector

Japan releases arrested Chinese fishing boat captain: Media

The captain was reportedly released after China guaranteed payment of cash collateral, according to public broadcaster NHK and other local media.

Japan seizes Chinese fishing vessel, arrests captain

It was the first time since 2022 that the Japanese agency has seized a Chinese fishing boat.

Trump reinstates commercial fishing in protected Atlantic waters

Mr Trump’s proclamation said the plants and animals in question were already protected under existing laws, making a ban on commercial fishing unnecessary.

A half-planet-size gap in global governance is about to get plugged

A boy looking at a thresher shark On the Yemeni island of Socotra, sometimes called the "Galapagos Islands" of the Indian Ocean for its rich biodiversity.

Portugal recovers bodies of two Indonesian fishermen lost at sea

Three crew members were reported missing after the vessel sank on Dec 14 in choppy waters, some 100km north of the Portuguese city of Porto.

Indonesian fisherman dead, others missing after fishing boats sink off Portugal

Rescuers are still trying to find three other fishermen whose vessel sank on Dec 14 off Portugal.

Kelongs were once a common sight in S'pore’s waters. Today, only a handful remain

Branded content

Meet the S'porean farmers feeding you fresher, home-grown food

Local farmers Singapore Aquaculture Technologies, Green Harvest and N&N egg farm

France’s used fishing nets find new purpose on Ukraine front lines

French charity association Kernic Solidarites member in charge of logistic Christian Abaziou (right) and its president Gerard Le Duff (left) sort out fishing nets to be sent to Ukraine.

Indonesia’s shrimp industry reels after radioactive contamination case

A worker shows live shrimps at a shrimp farms company in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

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