It has sometimes been said that we know less about our ocean’s depths than we know about the moon. Now, a new study puts a twist on that old (and, some say, outdated) analogy, suggesting we know ...

It's no secret that one of America's favorite pastimes is fishing. For some, it's a leisure activity; for others, it's a way of life. The United States is home to some of the most productive fisheries ...

Hydrographic maps reveal subsurface features with the potential to hold fish, though the degree to which they do depends largely on the accuracy and detail of the map. While paper maps are still ...

Researchers poring through billions of ship-tracking data points have found that industrial fishing vessels operated across more than 55 percent of ocean, or over 200 million square kilometers (77 ...