A humpback whale breaches off the coast of California. (Photo by Matthew Savoca via Courthouse News) (CN) — Ecuador, which provides billions in fish exports to the United States, may lose access to ...

The United States should support Ecuador in sending an explicit warning to a vast Chinese fishing fleet off the Galapagos Islands: If any ships enter the Galapagos protection zone, their crews will be ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuador's navy said on Tuesday that Chinese fishing vessels have gradually left the area near the Galapagos Islands and are now operating in international waters off ...

Ecuador’s navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten marine wildlife in the archipelago’s waters, following ...

Industrial fishing is prohibited in the coastal waters of the Cantagallo-Machalilla Marine Reserve in Ecuador’s Manabí province, which is home to numerous threatened species. Yet between November 2020 ...

Ecuador’s Navy is “on alert” and patrolling the waters near the Galapagos Islands after about 260 fishing boats from China descended upon the area. Although Chinese fishing boats typically show up to ...

QUITO - Ecuador's government is considering creating a new marine reserve near the Galapagos Islands to protect migratory species of turtles, whales and sharks threatened by industrial fishing and ...

Ecuador will outfit 4,000 of the boats in its fishing fleet with Covington-based Globalstar Inc.’s satellite tracking and emergency notification devices. Globalstar reseller VehSmart, of Victorville, ...

A Chinese fleet of 340 fishing trawlers just south of the Galapagos Islands is causing outrage from Quito to Washington. For Latin American nations like Ecuador, the presence of the state-subsidized ...

Ecuador’s armed forces said on Tuesday that dozens of vessels from a predominantly Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the Galapagos Islands have turned off tracking systems to prevent ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Tensions are rising along the Pacific coast of South America as a giant Chinese fishing fleet of roughly 300 vessels moves from the edge of the Galapagos marine preserve to the ...