Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being literally chipped away at to build private aquariums. Now conservationists are raising the alarm. Fishing boats in Portsmith, a suburb of Cairns in Far North ...

The move by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority last year to expand no-fishing “green” zones from 4% to 33% of the reef won plaudits from scientists and conservationists, but few friends in ...

Investment warnings meant commercial fishers and other investors struggled to get capital or loans. In some cases, the warnings had been in place for decades, with the industry lobbying various state ...

Green (no-take) and yellow (limited take) fishing zones within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park equally support a great diversity of fish species. The new research on yellow zones is crucial for ...

The government has announced plans to try and save recreational fishing in SA in the wake of the devastating ecological damage caused by the toxic algal bloom. The state government announced on Sunday ...

New fishery regulations based on science are needed in the Caribbean to give coral reefs a fighting chance against climate change, according to an international study published today. The study, led ...

New research shows that fishing is having a significant impact on the make-up of fish populations of the Great Barrier Reef. It's long been known that environmental impacts such as climate change and ...

Fishing is having a significant impact on the make-up of fish populations of the Great Barrier Reef, new research shows. Removing predatory fish such as coral trout and snapper, through fishing, ...