Fishing

About 13,000 kaiki boats have been destroyed since 1994, after an EU directive called for the demolition of the wooden fishing boats.

Greece now has its first fishing school! Lefteris Arapakis is a bright young man on a mission to revive the fishing industry in Greece, while educating unemployed Greeks in the complex science of fishing. Together with George Tsiolis and with...

Experts from Aegean University warned on Monday that many of the species which live in the waters of the Aegean Sea are in danger of extinction, mainly due to human activity. Speaking with Greece's Kathimerini daily, Stelios Katsanevakis, associate professor...

Eight Greek experts in the maritime industry have arrived Nigeria to train 2,500 beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on fishing. A Nigerian official expressed optimism that the project, which includes the building of 100 fishing trawlers in Burutu,...

An impressive 66% of the fish consumed in Greece are imported, a WWF study says, the figure coming as a surprise for a country surrounded by water. Mediterranean EU countries - Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal -...

Turkish authorities on Tuesday released the five Greek nationals and one Greek-American detained while fishing near the islet Paspargos, in waters between Chios and the Turkish coast, on board the vessel "Mia." The six men were taken to Cesme on...

Lake Kerkini, famous as a bird-watching destination in northern Greece, has a particularly robust Dalmation pelican population. The local fishermen have developed a special relationship with these birds, feeding them for hundreds of years during wintertime so that they...

Overfishing has become the scourge of our times, said noted chef Lefteris Lazarou, WWF's new campaign ambassador. Over 82 percent of the fishes in the Mediterranean are being overfished and in the last 40 years up to 50 percent of...

More Greeks are turning to fishing as a way of putting food on the table during the economic crisis. According to official figures, 37,000 people applied for a fishing permit last year - double the number of the year before,...

The dead body of a caretta caretta turtle was found in the sea outside the village of Paliouri in Halkidiki. The animal was tangled in the fishing line of an anchored boat at 35 meters deep, and had a...