Sri Lanka will begin importing milk fish as bait for tuna longline fishing following a Cabinet decision aimed at addressing a critical shortage of bait fish used by the country’s multi-day fishing ...

Longline fishing for tuna will remain closed in the Maldives, the island country’s president announced on Aug. 29. The decision came after local fishers, conservation NGOs and scientists protested ...

The Maldives government has announced a new draft regulation for the tuna longline fishery, outlining its intention to reopen it under strict conditions. The draft, available for public comment on the ...