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Landmark report on migratory species underlines threats to Asia’s wildlife

Anton L. Delgado 12 Feb 2024

Concern for Mexico’s vaquita as totoaba swim bladder trafficking surges online

Maxwell Radwin 9 Feb 2024

Annual South Pacific fisheries meeting nets bottom trawling controversy

Edward Carver 8 Feb 2024
Dorado catfish. Image courtesy of Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá via Macaulay Library.

Amazon catfish must be protected by the Convention on Migratory Species COP-14 (commentary)

Mariana Varese 8 Feb 2024
Blacktip sharks.

In East Java, social media push against Indonesia shark & ray trade lacks bite

Asad Asnawi 8 Feb 2024
Koraï divers prepare to install a frame housing young hard corals in the protected waters of Antsoha Island, off northwestern Madagascar.

From exporting coral to restoring reefs, a Madagascar startup rethinks business

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 6 Feb 2024

Indonesia and Spain sign agreement to protect migrant fishing workers

Basten Gokkon 5 Feb 2024

Cambodia sea turtle nests spark hope amid coastal development & species decline

Gerald Flynn 1 Feb 2024
A male gharial guarding hatchlings.

Nepal’s gharial population rises, but threats to the crocs persist

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Jan 2024
Tuna and bycatch on a purse seiner in East Pacific Ocean.

Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas fishing

Edward Carver 31 Jan 2024

Mangrove crab sustainability is vital for fishers in Indonesia’s Aru Islands

Ridzki R. Sigit 31 Jan 2024
Hammerhead shark

DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2024
A trawler in Bangladesh.

Overfishing leads to decline in Bangladesh marine fish stocks & diversity

Abu Siddique 30 Jan 2024

Indonesia invites Turkish investors to develop tuna farms in Papua

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2024

In Nepal’s Chitwan, tourist pools spell possible trouble for environment & wildlife

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jan 2024
Salmon being traditionally baked by Council Member Jaytuk Steinruck of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.

First ever U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area declared in California

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jan 2024
A Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus).

Report: Human tragedy stalks the prized Honduran lobster industry

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2024

Kenyan villagers show how to harvest more octopus by fishing less

Diana Wanyonyi 24 Jan 2024

Ecuador-China free trade agreement poses serious environmental risks, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jan 2024
Yuly Velásquez, an environmental defender from Barrancabermeja.

Courage & calm despite attacks: Q&A with Colombian activist Yuly Velásquez

Aimee Gabay 19 Jan 2024

How much carbon does ocean trawling put into the atmosphere?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jan 2024
If necessary, community people buy fish from the market to meet their protein demand, but they do not catch fish from springs.

Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to extinction

Rafiqul Islam 19 Jan 2024
An oceanic whitetip shark.

Global shark deaths increasing despite finning bans, study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Jan 2024
A coral reef and its residents in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Image ©Greg Asner/divephoto.org.

2023’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Ana Spalding, David Obura, Diva Amon, Minna Epps, Rhett Bennett, U. Rashid Sumaila 16 Jan 2024
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesia offers lobster larvae exports to Vietnam in exchange for investment

Basten Gokkon 13 Jan 2024
Bottom trawler Ivan Nores

Spain sanctions fishing vessels for illegally ‘going dark’ near Argentine waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Jan 2024
A school of snappers under a pier

AI and satellite data map true scale of untracked fishing and ocean industry

Elizabeth Fitt 10 Jan 2024

U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination across Peru

Roberth Orihuela 10 Jan 2024
A black bear fishes for salmon.

Salmon and other migratory fish play crucial role in delivering nutrients

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Jan 2024

Finance and support are key to fishers adopting eco-friendly gear, study shows

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2024
A dugong.

Sumatran dugong hunter struggles to adapt to changing times

Dody Hidayat, Yogi Eka Sahputra 3 Jan 2024

Study: Fishing with pesticides and dynamite puts Ecuadorian Amazon in peril

Mark Hillsdon 2 Jan 2024

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