In the waters off Marchena Island is a dive spot known by locals as the "fish arena," where colorful fish, like these razor surgeonfish, swim in large schools. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Just ...

The largest Chinese fishing fleet in recent years appeared off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, with some ships falsifying their locations, according to reports. While the islands have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said step one is to define "potential stressors" on fish caused by marijuana production. (AP Photo) The United States should support Ecuador in sending an explicit ...

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 ...

A new report shows Chinese fishing vessels illegally entered Ecuador’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Galapagos Islands multiple times this summer. Chinese ships turned off Automatic ...

More than 300 foreign fishing ships, almost all Chinese, have been sitting in international waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands since late July. The islands, nearly 1,000 km from the coast of ...

Fisherman Luis Enrique Bonilla just wants to make a living. Galapagos Islands conservationists, worried that the marine reserve is overfished, want him to work in tourism. Bonilla and the local ...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — Just south of the Galapagos’ Marchena Island, there’s a dive spot known by locals as the “fish arena.” There, within the choppy, cool waters of the Pacific, thousands of ...