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New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean

Michelle Carrere 3 Jun 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019

Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2019

‘Biological passports’ show whale sharks travel less than we thought

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2018

And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)

Sam Turvey 6 Jul 2018

Hunting, fishing causing dramatic decline in Amazon river dolphins

Claire Asher 13 Jun 2018

Fishing gear poses the greatest danger to young great whites off the West Coast of the U.S.

John Cannon 22 May 2018

More than 800 totoaba swim bladders confiscated by Mexican authorities in smuggling busts

John Cannon 1 May 2018

NOAA publishes global list of fisheries and their risks to marine mammals

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2018

Vaquita survival hinges on stopping international swim bladder trade

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2017

Namibia’s low cost, sustainable solution to seabird bycatch

William H. Funk 25 Apr 2017

Fishing nets kill ‘high proportion’ of adult loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Apr 2016

Peru to protect world’s largest-known population of giant Manta Rays

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jan 2016

Almost half of U.S. seafood goes to waste

Rebecca Kessler 24 Sep 2015

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Russia bans driftnet fishing, a reprieve for seabirds and marine mammals

Rebecca Kessler 10 Jul 2015

Population of Maui’s dolphins slips below 50

Rebecca Kessler 5 Jun 2015

Last ditch: Mexico finally gets serious about saving the vaquita

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2015

Saving Peru’s sea turtles and marine birds: conservationists and fishermen partner to tackle bycatch

Jeremy Hance 7 Oct 2014

Weird and mysterious: scientists find new shark species

Chris Samoray 16 Apr 2014

Collateral damage: new findings shed light on the full impact of commercial fishing

Nicholas Barrett 9 Apr 2014

Nearly half a million seabirds die in gillnets every year, but solutions exist

Jordanna Dulaney 18 Nov 2013

Ultraviolet nets significantly reduce sea turtle bycatch

Christina Pham 11 Nov 2013

DNA tests reveal new dolphin species (photos)

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2013

Eighty sea turtles wash up dead on the coast of Guatemala

Lacey Avery 27 Aug 2013

Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

Heavy metal shark meat: dangerous lead levels found in sharks used as fish food

Dr Liz Kimbrough 18 Mar 2013

Above the ocean: saving the world’s most threatened birds

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2012

Maui’s dolphins still in danger of extinction despite New Zealand’s protective measures

Caillie Mutterback 7 Aug 2012

Whole Foods bans ‘red’ fish from its stores

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2012

World’s smallest dolphin: only 55 left, but continue to drown in nets

Jeremy Hance 22 Mar 2012

Sawfish impale, cleave prey with snout

Jeremy Hance 5 Mar 2012

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