โ€˜We look to the past to move forwardโ€™: the ancient method boosting cuttlefish numbers in the Mediterranean

A project on Spainโ€™s Costa Brava is reviving dwindling populations of the prized seafood โ€“ and keeping small-scale fishers in businessClinging to almost vertical cliffs on the Costa Brava in north-east Spain, the resort of lโ€™Estartit has a dramatic loc…

Meloni-themed restaurant opens near asylum-seeker camp in Albania

Trattoria Meloni contains 70 portraits of Italian PM and is near site where arrivals to the EU are processedA restaurant dedicated to Giorgia Meloni has opened in the vicinity of a camp in Albania where the asylum claims of people who seek to enter the…

NGOs and fishermen call for clearer labelling rules on canned fish

Processed seafood products, such as canned fish, should carry the same labelling as fresh fish to combat illegal fishing and ensure fair competition, European NGOs and fishermenโ€™s organisations have said.

What the last of the anti-war Chicago Seven wants todayโ€™s protestors to know

Lee Weiner helped lead the protests in 1968. Now heโ€™s smoking weed in Ron DeSantisโ€™ hometown.

The best and worst dressed at the GOP convention

A sartorial survey of RNC wins and fails.

โ€˜Itโ€™s eating what the sea providesโ€™: Galiciaโ€™s Atlantic diet eclipses Mediterranean cousin

In Fisterra in north-west Spain, a diet rich in seafood, fruit and vegetables survives, and has been found to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart-related conditionsSeagulls shriek, boats bob and the morning sun silvers the waters off the Coast…

Forced labor still haunts Chinaโ€™s Xinjiang, report finds

Findings will likely raise pressure on Brussels to restrict imports from the region.

Smoked monkey and whole sharks: the suitcase smugglers feeding Europeโ€™s hunger for bushmeat

Customs officers and scientists are working together to combat the highly lucrative illicit trade in wildlife meat that is helping to push some species to extinctionAt Brussels airport, customs staff are digging into suitcases and cooler boxes full of …

Sea urchin in Sicily at risk of extinction due to popularity as culinary delicacy

Three-year pause in fishing is the only way to prevent disappearance, researchers sayIt is one of Sicilyโ€™s most popular dishes: spaghetti ai ricci di mare, or sea urchin spaghetti. Prepared with a simple base of oil and garlic, plates of the stuff are …

UK among nations condemned for โ€˜epicโ€™ mackerel overfishing disaster

Seafood companies and retailers threaten to boycott north-east Atlantic catch after two-decade failure to agree sustainable quotasA coalition of British seafood companies and retailers, including Youngโ€™s, Tesco, Sainsburyโ€™s, Aldi and Waitrose, has cond…

Italyโ€™s blue crab invasion: If you canโ€™t beat โ€™em, eat โ€™em

The invasive species is now feasting on young clams and mussels, along with fish roe and other aquatic life, endangering the countryโ€™s culinary shellfish tradition.