Between the desert and the Pacific Ocean - Fishers who risk their lives

There are men on this planet who challenge death every day to feed their families. Between the desert and the Pacific Ocean, in the region of Huarmey in Peru, stand vertiginous cliffs. Men like Purunga must overcome them.

British fishermen and Brexit | DW Documentary

 More than two years after Brexit, British fishermen are angry. They were promised more control over fishing rights in British waters, but what they’ve gotten is reduced income. Many of them voted Leave, but now they feel they’ve been let down.

Deadly ocean trash - The impact of ghost nets

 Every year, up to a million tons of fishing nets are lost or dumped at sea. These "ghost nets” continue to kill indiscriminately. Millions of marine animals die in agony each year, while conservationists conduct diving operations to recover the nets.

What China is Doing to Kill Us All

 

Fishing Crazy: Tokyo's Underwater Darling - 15 Minutes

The excitement of catching Mahaze [マハゼ/Yellowfin Goby] lures anglers to the brackish waterways winding through the middle of Tokyo.
 

Shrinking fish stocks raise tensions in the South China Sea

Fishermen claim being harassed or rammed by Chinese vessels. Plus, the firing of an Australian mining company boss.

In the disputed South China Sea, fishermen are being driven further from their shores due to dwindling catches, forcing them to encroach into territorial waters belonging to neighbouring countries.

Tensions have risen as China claims 80 percent of the South China Sea and has sent out the world’s biggest naval force to defend its territory.

 

Bluefin Tuna (Maguro) Story | Sea to Sushi Shop

Japan's most prized bluefin tuna comes from a town called Ōma where a HON-MAGURO auctioned in Tsukiji once fetched $1.4M (2003). Oma Maguro is a brand. Just the location it's caught increases the price of the tuna by as much as 20%! I traveled to the town on the tip of Japan's Honshu Island in Aomori prefecture to find out if the taste lives up to its reputation.

India and Sri Lanka's violent fight over fish

Fishing is the economic lifeline for villages in northern Sri Lanka. But after a decades long civil war, fishermen returned to find their fish stocks depleted – and they pointed the finger squarely at neighboring India.  As Indian fishermen developed methods to increase hauls, and crossed a maritime border that was more permeable during the war, they depleted the fish stock for both sides.