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A fresh tilapia from Lake Toba, where the fish are raised by small farmers and large companies, for local consumption and for export to countries like the U.S. Photo by Drriss & Marrionn/Flickr

Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba?

Aria Danaparamita 30 Aug 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Sri Lanka set to become first nation to protect all mangroves

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jul 2016

Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister

Aria Danaparamita 25 Jul 2016

Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016

Millions of fish die suddenly in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba

Ayat S. Karokaro 11 May 2016

U.S. plan to develop offshore aquaculture stirs dissent

Alexandra Ossola 17 Mar 2016

New ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ wants your solutions to transform the aquaculture industry

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Mar 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

Why are Southeast Asia’s mangroves being destroyed? Hint: it may be your diet

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Dec 2015

Poor management ails endangered Boeseman’s Rainbowfish aquaculture

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

Javanese fishermen switch from lobsters to stingrays as an unintended consequence of new catch limits

Melati Kaye 6 May 2015

Could inland aquaculture help save the oceans and feed the world?

Erik Vance 2 Apr 2015

Indonesia’s new president, ministers have big plans for fish

Melati Kaye 6 Nov 2014

Of Prawns and Men on the Bali Strait

Melati Kaye 22 Aug 2014

Frankenfish or scientific marvel?: giant GM salmon await U.S. approval

Suzanne Goldenberg 7 May 2013

Efficient aquaculture needed for food security, particularly in Asia

Karimeh Moukaddem 17 Jun 2011

Vanishing mangroves are carbon sequestration powerhouses

Jeremy Hance 5 Apr 2011

A slow comeback for the endangered Eurasian otter in France

Pierre Fidenci 29 Aug 2010

Target stops sales of farm-raised salmon, citing environmental concerns

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2010

Huge demand for omega-3 fatty acids depleting oceans worldwide for aquaculture

Jeremy Hance 9 Sep 2009

Indigenous rights’ groups to oppose effort to certify ‘sustainable’ aquaculture

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Aug 2008

The long-ignored ocean emergency and what can be done to address it

Jeremy Hance 18 Aug 2008

Fish farms are killing wild salmon in British Columbia

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2007

Agriculture is primary driver of mangrove destruction

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2007

Wal-Mart demand drives “greener” shrimp farms

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2007

How to save the world’s oceans from overfishing

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2007

Aquaculture key to seafood crisis

Mongabay.com 16 Feb 2007

Summit explores how fish could feed Africa

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2005

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