NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — It's the big one that got taken away. Massachusetts fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael was elated recently when one of his trawlers snared an 881 ...

Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are floating rafts with underwater netting used by fishing vessels to attract tuna. A recent study estimated that between 2007 and 2021, 1.41 million dFADs ...

Last week, Mongabay revealed a massive illegal shark finning operation across the fleet of a major Chinese tuna fishing firm. The company, Dalian Ocean Fishing, mainly serves the Japanese market. Most ...

Climate-change impacts on species create winners and losers in the fishing world. One major climate-related impact we have experienced in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for the past three years is an ...