The Washington Post Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 7:24 p.m. | Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 7:24 p.m. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — The teeming waters that surround the famed Galapagos islands support more shark ...

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 ...

From a naval command centre perched on the coast of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, Capt. Isiais Bodero Mala surveyed incoming satellite feeds tracking fishing vessels circling one of the world's most ...

“Reports of 300+ Chinese vessels near the Galapagos disabling tracking systems, changing ship names, and leaving marine debris are deeply troubling. We again call on the PRC [People’s Republic of ...

In welcome news, President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador has announced an expansion of the Galapagos marine reserve. With an additional 23,000 square miles, the total Galapagos protection zone will stand ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Satellite data indicate that a large Chinese fishing fleet remained in international waters near Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago at the beginning of this month, even as China said ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joe Sills is a writer and photographer focusing on travel. Migratory sharks are especially vulnerable to commercial fishing fleets ...

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 ...