Chinese coast guard vessels entered waters Japan claim’s around the disputed Senkaku Islands while chasing a Japanese fishing boat.

Security analysts suggest mass gathering of fishing vessels in geometric formations may represent a test of Beijing’s ability ...

China's maritime militia allegedly deployed over 2,000 fishing boats in coordinated formations near Taiwan, raising ...

Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that ...

Four decades after the global whaling ban, some whale species are rebounding, but ship strikes and bycatch still threaten their recovery.

On a clear morning in January 2026, a commercial satellite passed over the East China Sea and captured something difficult to explain. Below, spread across a wide stretch of water near ...

Thousands of Chinese fishing vessels have appeared in tightly packed formations near Japanese-administered waters, captured in striking satellite images. The formations appeared in repeated satellite ...

The nineteenth and twentieth centuries were a transformative time for ocean ecosystems, marked by overfishing, habitat degradation, and a series of other anthropogenic perturbations. In the northeast ...

State and federal agencies are still searching for details to explain what caused a commercial fishing vessel to sink off the coast of Gloucester last month, killing all seven people who were on board ...

The captain’s arrest had raised fears of a broader diplomatic confrontation between Japan and China, which have been at odds for months. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo The ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --The Japanese fisheries agency said Friday that authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat off the coast of Nagasaki after its captain refused to stop for an inspection. The Chinese boat ...