Fishing

China massed fishing fleets in East China Sea in apparent Taiwan blockade test

Ship-tracking data shows that by January 11, about 1,400 Chinese fishing vessels had gathered into a tightly organized rectangular formation stretching roughly 200 miles.

A Taiwan Coast Guard vessel travels near a China Coast Guard vessel as China conducts military drills around Taiwan, in this handout image provided December 30, 2025.
A dead garfish lies in a marsh near Venice, Louisiana May 20, 2010. For nearly a month, roughly 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) of oil per day have been gushing from BP's broken Deepwater oil well situated in the Gulf of Mexico, in what could be named the worst oil spill in U.S. histo

Cuban scientists race against time to save fish as old as the dinosaurs

A man launching a drone in Haifa.

Haifa police arrest, fine fishermen for using drones to fish off Bat Galim beach

SUNY Geneseo researchers and their collaborators have described three new snailfishes, including the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

Recording from the deep: Scientists discover new species of bumpy snailfish


Doctors extract fishhook from fisherman's eye and manage to save it

Some two days after the surgery, the fisherman reportedly felt better and even started seeing shadows and light in the injured eye.

The team fo dcotors and medical staff who saved the fisherman's eye.

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Spearfishing in Gaza, a living improvised under the sea

Gaza has around 250 men who fish with spears and some 4,000 who use boats and nets, among a population of two million.

Palestinian spear-fisherman Ashraf Al-Amoudi displays fish on a beach in the southern Gaza Strip, October 8, 2020.

Rare all-white tope shark caught in the UK for the first time

While finding a tope shark is amazing enough, as they are considered a critically endangered species, its made all the rarer for its lack of pigmentation, a rare sight on any animal.

Dusky Shark swiming in the sea

Twitter reveals fresh details about July 15 breach

The hackers were after specific employees who had access to account support tools used by Twitter's support teams.

The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017

Meet the people who fished on the Jordan River 20,000 years ago

A crucial aspect that characterizes Dureijat is that it was used for such a long time, albeit not in a continuous way

Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat

Israel expands Gaza fishing zone, approves extra 2,000 work permits

On February 5 it reduced the fishing zone to 10 nautical miles and on February 1 it revoked some 500 travel permits for Gaza merchants.

Palestinians travel through a crossing monitored by COGAT on umrah, the pilgrimage to Mecca for Hajj

Gas price hike in Iran drives 60,000 fishermen out of business

Iran tripled the state gasoline prices on November 15 to about 83 US cents a gallon or 22 cents a liter.

Hava Arbabi holds up fish in her boat near Hengam Island southeast of Tehran, Iran

High Court Orders Israel to return seized boats to Gazan fisherman

Habil's boat, after being returned to the Gaza Strip yesterday

Israel reopens Gaza fishing zone

Fishing zone was closed completely last week.

Palestinian fishermen ride their boats as they return from fishing at the seaport of Gaza City