Hawaii fishermen on Monday asked policymakers to address how runoff caused by land development harms reefs, fisheries and oceans when they consider how to cope with the effects of climate change. Full story
New England fishermen and their allies have submitted a petition to members of Congress urging them to close the regional office for federal fishing regulators and funnel the savings to the fishing industry. Full story
HISANOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the dinner table but for radioactive testing. Full story
The state attorney general of Massachusetts filed suit against federal fishing regulators Thursday in an attempt to block new rules that she called a "death sentence" for New England's fleet. Full story
Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control o Full story
At America’s oldest fishing port in Gloucester, Mass., a way of life is dying off as federal restrictions limit the number of Atlantic cod that can be caught. The fishermen, who haven’t been able to meet their cod quotas, are now facing new restrictions that are even more strict. NBC’s Ron Mott repo
Life slowly returns to normal in Gaza, where eight days of air strikes forced residents indoors. And fishermen and farmers may work in areas previously closed off to them. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
Fishermen watch as a finwhale is towed to a port in Reykjavik June 18, 2013. The first finwhale of the whaling season is brought to land in Hvalfjord, Iceland, just outside of Reykjavik. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson (ICELAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
Fishermen gather mussels in Manila Bay in Bacoor, Cavite, southwest of Manila, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
Fishermen, wearing facial masks made of fabric, to protect their skin from getting darker, check their nets at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Metro Manila May 24, 2013. During the dry season, fishermen earn $2-7 (70-300 pesos) per day. Men's beauty treatments are popular in the Philippines, part of a
Fishermen prepare to fish, amidst floating garbage off the shore of Manila Bay during World Oceans Day in Paranaque, Metro Manila June 8, 2013. The U.N. officially designated June 8th each year as World Oceans Day, in December 2008. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT
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