Economic policies are lacking in data on small-scale fisheries. A team of researchers is determined to change that.

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The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

Seven ringnets, 50-centimeter (20-inch) metal hoops for catching lobster, lay on his porch. Warnick was about to service their nets for a friend before the season began. Since he can’t use his ...

In simpler terms, Mercidar questioned why the law allows only small-scale fishers (not big commercial boats) to fish in waters up to 15 kilometers from the shore (called municipal waters).

Xavier Basurto, co-author of the study and a marine biologist at the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University in California, told SciDev.Net ... for small-scale fish catch ...

According to a YouGov poll published by Oceana, 87% of Spaniards back quota reform to boost the share of fishing quotas ...

The trial court ruled on the petition of Mercidar Fishing Corp. to declare the preferential access of small-scale fishers to municipal waters as unconstitutional. In a statement on Thursday ...