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Delegates from around the world convened in Nice, France, last week to discuss a range of ocean priorities, including the ...
The Valdez Halibut Derby record, set in 2017, stands at 374 pounds. For comparison, the all-tackle world record for Pacific ...
Failure to significantly scale up protection of oceans from deep sea mining and sea beds from 'bottom trawling' was widely ...
The strength of IUCN comes from its Members. We are only strong because of you.”— Dr. Grethel Aguilar, IUCN Director General ...
A wave of new ratifications during the U.N. Ocean Conference in France has brought the High Seas Treaty closer to the 60-country threshold needed for it to enter into force. The treaty would, for ...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to ratify the treaty, warning that fishing, plastic pollution and rising sea temperatures were destroying ocean ecosystems. View on euronews ...
The journey from ocean to table for giant halibut is a fascinating process involving careful fishing techniques and expert filleting skills. Fishermen aboard professional vessels venture into the ...
Debashree Mukherjee, India’s Secretary of Water Resources, on Thursday (April 24, 2025) wrote to her Pakistani counterpart, Syed Ali Murtaza, that India was keeping the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty ...
India has suspended the Indus water treaty with Pakistan, potentially affecting water flows, citing the need for renegotiation amid rising tensions. Sunday, Jun 22, 2025. New Delhi o C.
Early Conservation Efforts and the Halibut Treaty of 1923. An important precedental issue surfaced in 1915 and took place at an FVOA meeting in Seattle on November 24, 1915, at which the organization ...
The treaty, facilitated by the World Bank during the Cold War to tackle colonialism’s socio-ecological issues in the subcontinent, has endured various crises between the rival South Asian states.