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A shipbreaking yard.

Shipbreaking pollutes Türkiye’s coast despite European cleanup efforts

Lyse Mauvais, Wouter Massink 17 Dec 2024

Hundreds of whales to be harpooned as Iceland issues new hunting licenses

Spoorthy Raman 17 Dec 2024

Scientists, Māori experts uncover new insights into rare spade-toothed whale

Keith Anthony Fabro 17 Dec 2024
fishers carrying a boat back to shore after a fishing trip

‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks

Edward Carver 16 Dec 2024
Crew members from Southeast Asia work to unload fish on purse seiners in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2023.

First-of-its-kind crew welfare measure adopted at Pacific fisheries summit

Edward Carver 10 Dec 2024
A hawksbill sea turtle in Grand Cayman, part of the Mesoamerican Reef.

After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef

Fritz Pinnow 6 Dec 2024

In Chile, discovery of shallowest red hydrocoral forest yet surprises scientists

Rocío González Trujillo 5 Dec 2024
Fishing boats in Chimbote, Peru.

Traditional fishers in Peru guard the coast from illegal fishing

Leslie Moreno Custodio 5 Dec 2024

Conservationists see progress for swordfish, problems for sharks at Atlantic fisheries summit

Edward Carver 25 Nov 2024

Elephant seal colonies in Argentina face long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ avian flu

Maxwell Radwin 22 Nov 2024
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) at an aquarium in Norway in 2015. Herring

Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting

Edward Carver 22 Nov 2024
A coral reef in the shallow waters of the Andaman Sea.

India advances deep-sea mining technology in the Andaman Sea

Priyanka Shankar 21 Nov 2024
Salmon farms in Loch Ainort.

Scottish salmon farms seek growth despite mounting fish deaths and environmental concerns

Francesco De Augustinis 20 Nov 2024
Mario Motiño Sr. (front) and Mario Motiño Jr. (back), are trying out the new spears.

A father and son duo fight invasive lionfish on a Honduran reef

Fritz Pinnow 18 Nov 2024
A burrowing anemone in the seabed.

Mapping ‘gloop and mud’ sheds light on seabed carbon storage

Mark Hillsdon 14 Nov 2024

Coral biodiversity hotspot at risk from fossil fuel expansion, report warns

Ashley Yeong 13 Nov 2024

Peruvian fishers help red sea urchins recover from overfishing

Geraldine Santos 12 Nov 2024
A sea turtle

How the oceans fared at the COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia

John Cannon 8 Nov 2024
A boat arrives at Chikombe Beach with a haul of fish from Mbenje Island – . Image by Charles Mpaka for Mongabay.

How a lineage of chiefs built a thriving fish oasis in Lake Malawi

Charles Mpaka 4 Nov 2024
Nets, ropes, buoys and other bits of fishing equipment bursting out of decaying bags.

Startups replace plastics with mushrooms in the seafood industry

Claire Turrell 29 Oct 2024
Antarctic terns (Sterna vittata)

More krill fishing and no new protected areas for Antarctic seas after latest talks

Francesco De Augustinis 28 Oct 2024
Fish at a coral reef in the Red Sea, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

Protecting coral reefs boosts fish numbers by 10%: Study

John Cannon 25 Oct 2024

Debate over Chile’s fisheries law exposes industry influence on fish management

Francisco Velásquez 25 Oct 2024

China’s Pacific fleet reportedly using squid ship as hospital to evade scrutiny

Yvette Sierra Praeli 23 Oct 2024

Scientists use fake dolphin carcasses to study real dolphin strandings

Bobby Bascomb 14 Oct 2024
An orca in Skjervøy, Norway.

Norway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2024
A dugong.

Cambodian fishers-turned-citizen scientists monitor marine mammal deaths

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 7 Oct 2024

‘Mermaids’ dive to study and protect Mexican fishing grounds

Astrid Arellano 2 Oct 2024
Fishermen in Robertsport in 2009.

Plan for close season rings alarm bells for Liberia’s artisanal fishers

Edward Blamo 26 Sep 2024
A loggerhead turtle hatchling on Al-Mansouri beach.

Amid haze of war, Lebanese activists helped turtle hatchlings journey to sea

Amélie David 25 Sep 2024
Fish at a coral reef in Mexico.

Lab-grown corals resisted bleaching during Caribbean’s worst marine heat wave

Caitlin Cooper 19 Sep 2024
Clown fish in anemone

The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President Whipps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Sep 2024

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