Illegal fishing is ravaging the world's oceans of fish and shellfish but it is what is left behind that is creating a mess for governments worldwide and of Australia's most remote beaches.

When a series of scientific reports detailing Japanese commercial longline catches along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was released by the government of Japan in 1965, the reports not only specified ...

Australian and Indonesian authorities have jointly patrolled 24,000 square nautical miles of ocean to the north of Australia ...

The state of South Australia has banned fishing of several endangered or critically endangered sharks and rays in its waters. “These endemic species … are as unique as a koala and in just as much ...

Marine rescue groups in Australia worked quickly to free a dolphin calf entangled in a fishing net, successfully reuniting the baby with its mother. Video from the Organization for the Rescue and ...