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Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 Jan 2020

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019

John Cannon 23 Dec 2019

Plan to lift baby lobster export ban draws fire in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 20 Dec 2019

Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific

Monica Evans 13 Dec 2019

Encoded in the genes: Scientists devise a ‘lifespan clock’ for vertebrates

Malavika Vyawahare 12 Dec 2019

New regulations to expand protections for seafloor habitats, reopen fishing grounds off US West Coast

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2019

Catching fish to feed fish: Report details ‘unsustainable’ fishmeal and oil industry

Monica Evans 4 Dec 2019
Rainforest, reef, and ocean on Maratua Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia zoning plan hurts fishers, favors coal and oil, activists say

Basten Gokkon 4 Dec 2019

Indonesian man jailed for smuggling 7,000 ‘living fossil’ horseshoe crabs

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Dec 2019
Glass eels are a juvenile form of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), a species that undergoes an incredible 10,000 kilometer (6,200 mile) migration. Photo courtesy of Alessandro Cresci.

Moon and Earth’s magnetic field guide European eels on their epic migration

Amanda Heidt 2 Dec 2019

Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic opens new pathways for animal disease

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2019

Indonesia’s new fisheries minister may go easy on trawl nets, poachers’ boats

M Ambari 27 Nov 2019

Nearly extinct vaquita mothers with calves spotted in recent expeditions

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2019

Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Nov 2019

In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2019

Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

Laura Villadiego 12 Nov 2019

Can a national management plan halt Madagascar’s shark decline?

Edward Carver 11 Nov 2019

Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park

Basten Gokkon 4 Nov 2019

The tragedy of the fishermen of Ventanas, ‘the Chilean Chernobyl’

Michelle Carrere 29 Oct 2019

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2019

Beach clean-ups, community visits, and compensation to fishers build environmental awareness in Nigeria

Linus Unah 25 Oct 2019

Indonesia’s ex-fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti leaves big shoes to fill

Basten Gokkon 24 Oct 2019

Indonesian villagers fighting planned mine garner national support

Ian Morse 22 Oct 2019

Scientists emphasize disease control in booming aquaculture sector

Michelle Carrere 18 Oct 2019

On the front line of climate change in India’s Sundarbans

Johan Augustin 17 Oct 2019

For the Philippines, a warming world means stronger typhoons, fewer fish

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2019

Cook Islands MPA leader fired after supporting seabed mining freeze

Monica Evans 15 Oct 2019

Education, compensation, and spiritual outreach protect threatened whale sharks

Tariq Engineer 14 Oct 2019

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone, nixing reclamation plan

Basten Gokkon 11 Oct 2019

Madagascar: Opaque foreign fisheries deals leave empty nets at home

Edward Carver 9 Oct 2019

As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning

Taufik Wijaya 3 Oct 2019

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