Many countries are failing to implement vital United Nations resolutions designed to protect vulnerable deep-sea species and ecosystems. Many countries are failing to implement vital United Nations ...

WWF is disappointed that the European Parliament voted against the phase-out of destructive deep-sea bottom trawling (below 600 metres) in European waters and high seas of the North-East Atlantic.

NICE, France—The deep sea—Earth’s largest and least-explored biome—is taking center stage at the United Nations Ocean conference this week, where marine experts are demanding world leaders end bottom ...

It's a beautiful day on the Atlantic Ocean, and this newbie deep-sea fisher is fighting for her catch. Some anglers let the natural rocking of the boat do the work for them, but I wanted to do it ...

A NITI Aayog report highlights significant infrastructure and financial challenges that must be overcome to unlock India's vast deep-sea fishing potential ...

Far out on the high seas, on any given day, hundreds of fishing vessels drag huge nets, big enough to snag a 747 jumbo jet, across the ocean bottom, vacuuming up 150-year-old fish, flattening ancient ...

A recent meeting of the intergovernmental body that manages fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean failed to confer new protections for the Emperor Seamount Chain, a massive and richly biodiverse set of ...

Down in the deep, dark South Pacific Ocean live grouchy-looking, sluggish fish. Some of them have been around since the Qing Dynasty ruled China and possibly even before the United States was an ...

At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading tectonic plates. Black smoker vents sustain unique ecosystems in the dark. Endemic ...

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire teenager on a deep-sea fishing trip this week hauled in a 177-pound (80 kilogram) Atlantic halibut, a fish so big that it weighed more than him and could be a ...