On many nights at sea off this Pacific port, Aaron Medina drops bombs that cause dozens of fish to soar into the air. Like a drug dealer advertising his goods, the 23-year-old fisherman rubbernecks to ...

When we think about rapid decline in coral reefs, climate change is often the first culprit that comes to mind—bringing heat waves, bleaching events, and intensified cyclones. Subscribe to our ...

Blast fishing — the act of using explosives underwater to kill entire schools of fish with shock waves — has been a widespread problem in the Philippines for decades. Although a few fishermen get rich ...

Blast fishing has taken a toll on both the fishermen and marine life of El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay Biosphere Reserve. Some residents have lost limbs or eyes or suffered bad burns. And populations of ...

Blast fishing is widely practiced in the seas around Sri Lanka, with even marine parks and historical shipwrecks not immune to this illegal practice. Authorities say blast fishers work as part of a ...

A team of dolphins and whales researchers in Tanzania unintentionally discovered the rampant blast fishing practices in the African country. Blast fishing, also called dynamite fishing, uses ...

Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haul The ...

Blast fishing — the act of using explosives underwater to kill entire schools of fish with shock waves — has been a widespread problem in the Philippines for decades. Although a few fishermen get rich ...

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Unable to swim with a ruptured swim bladder, fish injured by an underwater concussive blast slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. (Image courtesy of Dharshana Jayawardena) In 2020, six people from ...

LEGAZPI CITY—Thirteen of 25 dolphins stranded on the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday died from what fisheries officials described as injuries suffered from blast ...