Spotlight: China-Pakistan cooperation he...

by Jamil Bhatti ISLAMABAD, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A regular job at the business center of the free zone in Gwadar port, southwestern Pakistan, once a small backward fishing village, has brought a great

S. Africa expands abalone fishing quota ...

CAPE TOWN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- South Africa on Friday raised the quota for abalone fishing as a fresh bid to combat illegal poaching that seriously threatens the endangered species.The decision, anno

Feature: Palestinian fishermen feel no i...

GAZA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Despite Israel's decision to ease its security restrictions imposed on fishermen off the Gaza Strip coast, Palestinian fisherman Mohammed Abu Hamada did not catch much fish

Gulf of Thailand banned to commercial fi...

BANGKOK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Department of Fisheries on Friday said that all commercial fishing in the Gulf of Thailand would be banned from June to July. Department of Fisheries Director

Sri Lanka aims to produce fuel from disc...

COLOMBO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said that plans to implement a new project in the island country to produce fuel from plastic, polythene and discarded fishing nets is un

Fishing ban brings new life for fisherme...

Zhu Changhong, a fisherman on the Yangtze River, bid farewell to his fishing boat and gear for good, as a 58-km waterway where he used to fish completely outlawed fishing for the protection of river

Across China: Fishing ban brings new lif...

HEFEI, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Changhong, a fisherman on the Yangtze River, bid farewell to his fishing boat and gear for good, as a 58-km waterway where he used to fish completely outlawed fishing f