The coast guard of the Philippines says it has removed a Chinese fishing net within the Philippines’s exclusive economic zone. That net was deployed by the Chinese coast guard within the ...

Philippine troops have been damaging and removing Chinese fishing nets in waters near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, according to state media. Official news agency Xinhua reported on ...

MANILA, Philippines — In a move which a security analyst deems to be permissible, the Philippine Navy reportedly dismantled and confiscated Chinese fishing nets installed within the vicinity of ...

The Chinese fishing companies flagging into poorer countries ... world’s largest collection of bottom trawlers, which drag nets across the ocean floor, destroying coral reefs and other ...

“The foreman woke us up by hitting us,” said the sailor. For the next 20 hours, on a typical day, the bleary-eyed crew would be hauling up fishing nets. If sharks got entangled they would hack ...

One of the Chinese boats had prepared 31 large fishing nets, each one worth over $44,000, according to the maritime law enforcement agency. Patrol members destroyed 20 of these and planned to take ...

For years, Chinese fishermen trawling for fish ... at its narrowest. "If no fish come to my net, my family will probably starve to death," said Wang, a fisherman in his 40s in Pingtan's Dafu ...