Fishing the vast Pacific Island waters, small-scale tuna fishers often venture beyond 20 miles of their village shores, to locations with strong oceanic currents, in craft that may not be fit for purpose and with too little in regard to...

Language: Chinese. Application of the maritime traffic rules is an important safety measure at sea. This guide provides guidance on actions to take in day-to-day traffic situations at sea, during daylight and at night builds. It builds on the online “Rules...

The Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has developed a Plan of action for enhanced safety, decent work and social protection in the fisheries sector of...

This database provides access to more than 200 fishing vessel designs and over 1500 drawings by naval architects. Check out the vessel designs from 1960 to 2005.

The gathering of commercial benthic organisms from the seabed by underwater fishers is a growing activity in many regions in Africa, Asia, Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. Sea cucumbers are particularly targeted, as they are in great demand and...