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Feed a fishery, starve a seabird

Mongabay.com 12 Dec 2018

Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved

Michelle Carrere 26 Nov 2018

Filling in the gaps: Managing endangered species on the high seas

Marianne Messina 23 Nov 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Nov 2018
Kelp. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Latam Eco Review: Rampant roadkill and shrinking seaweed stocks

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2018
A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018

Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law

John Cannon 7 Nov 2018
Fishing boats in Timor-Leste. Image by Jennifer King/WorldFish.

Timor-Leste: Q&A with a Maubere fisherman on reviving depleted fisheries

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 31 Oct 2018
Maubere elders in the village of Suco Fatumea draft tara bandu regulations to protect local forests and water sources. Image by Egrilio Ferreira Vincente.

Timor-Leste: Maubere tribes revive customary law to protect the ocean

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 26 Oct 2018

Latam Eco Review: Wandering hippos, condor central, and the macaw trade

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018
Dienaba Diedhiou, an oyster collector in her 70s, poses with her grandchildren. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Women’s work in Senegalese conservation includes exorcising demons

Jennifer O’Mahony 19 Oct 2018

Scientists map the impact of trawling using satellite vessel tracking

John Cannon 17 Oct 2018
Bassirou Sambou, who heads the biodiversity monitoring section of Kawawana, stands in the ancient woodland surrounding his home. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Watching the wildlife return: Q&A with a rural Senegalese river monitor

Jennifer O’Mahony 15 Oct 2018
A fisherman pulls in a barracuda at sunset on the waters of the Casamance River, accompanied by an apprentice. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats

Jennifer O’Mahony 10 Oct 2018

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2018

Young right whale dies, likely from entanglement in fishing gear

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2018

Indonesian fish farmers get early-warning system for lake pollution

M Ambari 25 Sep 2018
Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Industrial fishing fleets traveling farther to reel in fewer fish

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2018

Indonesia demands cleanup after coal spill pollutes beach

Junaidi Hanafiah 6 Aug 2018

New tagging tech for great white shark tracking in New York waters

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2018

Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2018

One-third of global fisheries operating at biologically unsustainable levels

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2018
John Aini at a Malagan ceremony. Image by JC Salyer.

Protecting PNG’s oceans: Q&A with marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 16 Jul 2018

‘Decolonizing conservation’: Q&A with PNG marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 12 Jul 2018

Krill fishing companies pledge to protect key food of Antarctic animals

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jul 2018

Investigation reveals illegal trade cartels decimating vaquita porpoises

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2018

Shark fisheries hunting dolphins, other marine mammals as bait: Study

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2018

How soundscapes are helping us better understand animal behavior and landscape ecology

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018

Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

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