The Panamax Post

One of the key reforms under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025, is the expansion of the Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ).

In the past decade, the scourge of IUU (illegal, unregulated and unreported) fishing in West Africa has grown into a billion-dollar trade, leaving local livelihoods in peril.

A federal district court has vacated a letter from NOAA Fisheries that told tuna boats to fish within the previously-protected Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. In a summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Micah Smith found that he had little choice but to rule that the letter was legally invalid, as NOAA didn't defend its merits in court.

The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog agency reports that the U.S. Coast Guard is letting lots of illegal fishing perpetrators go about their business without interdiction, stymied by a lack of available resources. 

Environmental campaigners and scientists are renewing their push for a ban on industrial krill fishing in order to protect the ecosystem of the Antarctica Ocean. 

On Friday, a commercial fishing vessel capsized in off the coast of Washington, leaving the skipper missing.

Jirasak “Boot” Meerit left school before he was a teenager to become a fisher alongside his father. When he started a family, Meerit bought his own boat and set out to catch blue crab and spotted mackerel in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, western Thailand.

Growing up in the fishing industry in Ireland, I was part of a proud community. Fishermen like us ventured out to sea for days at a time, returning with our catch to support our families. It was a tight-knit community where everyone knew one another, and hard work was our way of life.

The news London's oldest fish market faces permanent closure has shocked traders at Billingsgate.

A new project seeks to develop circular fishing gear and port solutions to reduce marine plastic pollution and support responsible fisheries.

Falling revenue and rising costs have hit Alaska's fishing industry hard, according to a new study by NOAA Fisheries. 

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has confirmed that an aging fishing vessel had a serious shipboard fire off Gansbaai on Sunday, forcing the crew to abandon ship.

As a proud descendant of a long line of Irish fishermen, I am deeply concerned about the detrimental impact of foreign vessels and unfair fishing practices on

Six crew members of a Sri Lankan fishing trawler hijacked by suspected Somali pirates have been rescued, Sri Lankan officials said on Monday.The hijacking on Su

According to Paris MoU, lately, there has been increased attention for fishing vessel safety, prevention of pollution and working and

A man from Belgium has died following a "medical incident" on a vessel off the coast of Plymouth.

With the help of modern, hybrid technology, Norwegian longliners are revamping traditional longline fishing, while cutting fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions.

 In what appears to be a dispute over illegal fishing along the coast of Somalia, a local faction has taken control of a commercial fishing vessel

China’s Maritime Safety Authority (MSA) has issued an updated list of accident black spots along its coast where fishing and deepsea vessels often dangerously cross paths.

KOCHI : Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri

A multinational search is underway in the Indian Ocean for the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized with a crew of 39 aboard. China’

MUMBAI : The Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has imposed stricter environmental and social checks on the proposed Vadhvan

A fire aboard a trawler in the harbor at Njardvik, Iceland claimed the life of one crewmember and left two others injured, according to firs