The Mentawai authorities are opposed to dynamite fishing and it is illegal under Indonesian law. They do not, however, currently have the resources to adequately police their waters and respond to ...

BOHOL, Philippines — Nothing beats dynamite fishing for sheer efficiency. A fisherman in this scattering of islands in the central Philippines balanced on a narrow outrigger boat and launched a bottle ...

Some dynamite and a plastic bottle. That’s all it takes for a fisherman to kill hundreds of fish and transform thriving coral reefs into rubble in a matter of seconds. Around the world, fishermen are ...