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


Fish stocks worldwide won't be sustainable due to climate change, overfishing - study

Researchers used computer models to determine the exact climate change levels at which fish stocks could not increase.

Fish are seen swimming below the Mediterranean Sea, where climate change has forced many animals to swim to new depths.

Scientists discover new species of mysterious deep-sea creatures

Bathynomus, a group of isopods that live in the deepest parts of the ocean, is distantly related to decapods, such as shrimp, crabs and lobsters.

Bathynomus

The International Carp Fishing Competition to take place in Galilee

Contestants are judged on the size/quality of individual catches, with the heaviest fish caught in the competition’s history measured 17 kg.

Two men fishing for carp in Israel's Sea of Galilee (Kinneret).

Seabirds follow fishing vessels to find food sources – study

Northern Fulmars in UK waters often follow shipping vessels themselves and eat fishing waste thrown overboard.

 Northern Fulmar.

Earliest evidence of fly-fishing unearthed on Jordan River

A new study by Tel-Hai College and international archaeologists showed that ancient fishermen in Israel employed incredibly sophisticated technology.

 Prehistoric fishing tools from Dureijat.

Israel restored Gaza's fishing zone, reopened Kerem Shalom despite riots

Both locations were closed during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May, and had not been restored. 

Fishermen unload their catch at the seaport of Gaza City, after Israel expanded fishing zone for Palestinians April 2, 2019.

IDF strikes Hamas targets in retaliation for incendiary balloons

The IDF jets struck several buildings in a Hamas military base as well as infrastructure and utilities used for the group’s activities.

Smoke rises from a building after it was destroyed by Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza May 11, 2021

Modern-day Jonah: Cape Cod diver swallowed by humpback whale, but escapes

The story of biblical proportions has been thought too good to be true by some, who cast doubt on this miraculous escape.

A humpback whale is seen breaching the water.

Colby Blackwell on how he completed the Billfish Grand Slam


Hamas claims 3 Gaza fishermen killed by explosive Israeli quadcopter

The Gazan Interior Ministry released an animated video simulating the incident.

Palestinian fishermen riding a boat cast their net as birds fly off the coast of Gaza City February 19, 2020