What it eats: A variety of fish and cephalopods, including squid and cuttlefish. Head of a preserved Coelacanth specimen. Why it's awesome: Scientists thought all coelacanths went extinct over 65 ...

The Indian Ocean is rapidly emerging as an essential crossroads of the global market and a key focus of international politics. Rising flows of trade, investment, people, and ideas around the region ...

It’s Wednesday, February 22, and Indian Ocean countries are taking a stand against overfishing. Small-scale fishers won a victory in recent weeks when countries in and around the Indian Ocean voted to ...

An ongoing row between the European Union and coastal Indian Ocean nations over sustainable tuna fishing continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of ...

Fisheries the world over are changing tremendously, particularly as a result of technical progress, the emergence of new powers in the sector and the legitimate aspirations of many developing ...

Light-up fish and ancient volcanic structures are among the discoveries of a new expedition to map the remote Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Fishing experts are looking for ways to fish in the mesopelagic zone, a layer of water that stretches from 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) beneath the surface, which has, thus far, remained ...

It also emerged that Kenya earned Sh500 million last year through the licensing of foreign vessels to fish for tuna. Kenya produces 2,500 tonnes of tuna annually, accounting for less than one per cent ...