It has been said that if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, though if you teach a man to fish you feed him for life. But times have changed. Now we know that only if you save species of fish from overexploitation will there be hope of providing food for a lifetime, let alone for generations that follow.

Fish and other sea creatures historically valued solely as commodities are critically important to healthy ocean ecosystems, which in turn provide benefits to humankind. Yet the ocean is in deep trouble.

washington - in 1974, far out in the pacific, a u.s. ship pretending to be a deep-sea mining vessel fished a sunken soviet nuclear-armed submarine out of the ocean depths, took what it could of the wreck and made off to hawaii with its purloined

It was the best Christmas present David Goldman could ever imagine: A holiday with his son, Sean, whom the New Jersey dad finally brought home after a five-year battle with his Brazilian former in-laws.

"As ... we were coming home, he said, 'Where's our home?' Just to hear him say 'our home,' " Goldman said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference, his voice cracking with emotion. "I waited five years to hear him say that."

PORT CLINTON, Ohio – Many of the 134 fishermen rescued from Lake Erie ice returned to the miles-long floe Sunday using rented air boats to retrieve left-behind snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and other equipment. A few ventured onto the risky ice to fish for walleye.