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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

New sanctuaries declared for Asia’s freshwater dolphins

Jeremy Hance 15 Feb 2012

Atlantic sturgeon gains protection under the Endangered Species Act

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

Featured video: tuna industry bycatch includes sea turtles, dolphins, whales

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: pygmy killer whale saved after stranding

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2012

Bycatch-reducing fish trap wins $20,000

Jeremy Hance 11 Jan 2012

Picture of the day: Ocean in Focus photo contest winner

Jeremy Hance 22 Nov 2011

Sowing the seeds to save the Patagonian Sea

Jeremy Hance 7 Sep 2011

Honduras protects sharks in all its waters

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2011

Longline fishing still drowning over a quarter million seabirds every year

Jeremy Hance 8 Jun 2011

Scientists follow rise of mercury pollution in seabird feathers

Jeremy Hance 18 Apr 2011

Mitsubishi and Walmart agree to clean up fish sourcing practices

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2011

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