Zanzibar fishermen land ancient fish
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Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a  coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct  when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago,  an official said on Sunday.
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A shoal of sunfish -- the world's largest bony fish -- has been spotted in the waters off Cornwall, south west Britain, despite normally being found thousands of miles away, scientists said.
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A Sri Lankan fleet lands a small catch to try to disprove fears fish have been contaminated by corpses.
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Shipped halfway across the world to Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction.
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Shipped halfway across the world to  Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized  commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals  who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction.
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OTAHEITE, Trinidad _ When Ramos Ramdeo gazes at the water off this southern fishing village, he sees more than the crystal blue color, choppy waves and one of the world's richest shrimp spawning grounds. He sees his livelihood.
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Pike are being caught at Port Talbot Docks with a Midlands visitor bagging a 28lb fish using a herring as bait and local Andy Smith using the same bait to catch one of 22.75lb.
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Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after drifting for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean in a small boat, an ordeal they survived by eating raw birds and fish and drinking rain water.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 17--A Jamestown, N.D., man has caught what likely would be a state record zander in North Dakota -- if a category for the fish existed.
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Even with the big winds from the week's cold front keeping many boats ashore, there is a sense that the roundup just before the fall migration is about to begin. That means lots of fattened fish -- stripers and bluefish mainly -- are on the move and doing their best to load up on food before the 1,000-mile swim south. ...
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Excerpt from report by Mwinyi Sadallah entitled "Unguja and Pemba islands threatened with..." published by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian website on 6 June  Zanzibar government has cautioned that the islands of Unguja and Pemba are likely to be submerged due to global glacier melting.
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SOROTI, Uganda - Fish swam alongside the dugout canoes residents were using to flee their flooded homes, riding the water gushing through the streets of this town in eastern Uganda.
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A new program in Zambia teaches former poachers new ways to make a living in order to support conservation goals.
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YAEDA VALLEY, Tanzania -- One of the last remaining tribes of hunter-gatherers on the planet is on the verge of vanishing into the modern world.
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BYBLOS, Lebanon  - The Fishing Club in Byblos port, where the Mediterranean slaps against boats moored off Crusader ruins, offers one of Lebanon's most enticing views.
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Shellfish discarded in a South African cave is said to be the earliest evidence of humans living and thriving by the sea.
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A new "gold rush" is luring anglers to South African rivers to do battle with the mighty yellowfish.