Australia's hopes of blocking a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters looked uncertain with the opposition speaking out against the move and a key independent lawmaker expressing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investigators unload materials believed to be cocaine from Coralynne, an Australian trawler, in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

Australia blocked a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters Thursday in a narrow parliamentary vote which forced concessions from the centre-left Labor government. Lawmakers voted 62-60 ...

Image provided by Greenpeace shows activists intercepting the FV Margiris super-trawler, recently reflagged as the Abel Tasman, as it attempts to enter Port Lincoln on August 30. The Australian ...

A trawler intercepted in Australian waters over the weekend was carrying nearly 2 tons of cocaine, the country’s largest-ever bust of the illicit drug, authorities said Wednesday. The Coralynne was ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The gelatinous blobfish is at risk of extinction from fishing trawlers that drag the ocean floors off southeastern Australia, a marine scientist said. The blobfish is an ...

This file photo shows workers loading tuna fish onto a truck at a port in the Pacific. Australia's hopes of blocking a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters looked uncertain with the ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Cocaine pulled from a seized trawler was confirmed Wednesday to be Australia's largest haul of the illicit drug. The Coralynne was intercepted Saturday night after Australian ...