Boating’s Tech Team of editors tested some 120 boats during 2024. Represented were boats from many categories, powered by all kinds of engines and motors. From this pool of boats, and after careful ...

The unsustainable practice of killing fish for human consumption not only harms them but countless other marine animals die as “unintended” bycatch in reckless fishing operations or lose their lives ...

Aerial view of Bikar Atoll, with southern tip and Bikar Islands in the foreground. The National Geographic Pristine Seas team, in collaboration with the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority ...

Around the world, trawlers, gillnetters and other fishing boats harvest the seas undetected in places they shouldn't. New technology is combating that. New studies show how successful the battle has ...

Three-quarters of the world’s large fishing boats and a quarter of transport and energy ships are “dark vessels” that do not publicly share their location. The finding comes from an analysis of ...

In this image from video provided by fisherman Salif Nudure, he and a colleague, right, approach an industrial fishing vessel which they said was fishing within the 9 nautical mile radius of artisanal ...

Illegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the economic viability of the fishing industry. Marine protected areas (MPAs)—zones set aside to safeguard marine ...