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

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As the French coastal city of Nice hosts the UN Ocean Conference, we take you to Kenya, where small-scale fishermen are struggling. Fish stocks are dwindling, and their nets often come up empty.

Before setting sail for the South Pacific, Chilean fisherman Rodrigo Gallardo blesses himself to invoke heavenly protection ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).