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Woman paddling a boat loaded with fruit to sell.

Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Ly Vouch Long 20 Jul 2022

Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact in Indonesia, experts say

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 Jul 2022
Bajo women canoeing from the village to a tourist beach.

Amid rising pressure, Indonesia’s sea-based communities adapt to change

Warief Djajanto Basorie, Mahmud Ichi 18 Jul 2022

Study: Climate impacts to disproportionately hurt tropical fishers, farmers

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2022
Fishermen fishing on the Madeira rapids.

Overexploitation threatens Amazon fisheries with collapse, study warns

Peter Speetjens, Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2022

In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish

Basten Gokkon, L. Darmawan 12 Jul 2022
A fisherman shows off his catch at a market in Indonesia.

Record-breaking seafood production must undergo a ‘blue transformation’: FAO

Elizabeth Fitt 11 Jul 2022
A fish market in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fish-farming practices come under scrutiny amid surge in aquaculture

Nick Rodway 6 Jul 2022

Indonesia to issue quota-based fisheries policy in July, sparking concerns

Basten Gokkon 1 Jul 2022
Fishers in Siompu, Southeast Sulawesi with their daily catch. September 2019. Photo credit: Rare.

WTO ban on ‘harmful’ subsidies won’t impact small-scale fishers, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 29 Jun 2022
A dead vaquita floats in the ocean. Image by Robbie Newby for Sea Shepherd.

Experts fear end of vaquitas after green light for export of captive-bred totoaba fish

Michelle Carrere 28 Jun 2022

Study: Marine governance in Indonesia pursues exploitation over sustainability

Basten Gokkon 23 Jun 2022
The invasive lionfish caught in Costa Rican waters.

In Costa Rica, unlicensed fishers and regulators unite over a common enemy

Alfredo Torres, Linus Unah 22 Jun 2022
Giant freshwater stingray

Giant stingray caught in Cambodia is world’s largest freshwater fish

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jun 2022
Salatou Sambou

A tale of successes and new challenges in Senegal: Q&A with ICCA coordinator Salatou Sambou

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 21 Jun 2022
Gharial hatchlings

First gharial hatchlings spotted in nearly two decades in Nepal’s Karnali River

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Jun 2022

WTO finally nets deal curbing fisheries subsidies, but tables key bits for later

Elizabeth Fitt 17 Jun 2022

Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers

Basten Gokkon 14 Jun 2022

End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study

John Cannon 8 Jun 2022
Dr Marco Hatch at one of his study sites. Image courtesy of Dr Marco Hatch.

Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch

Spoorthy Raman 1 Jun 2022
Fishing in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch

Ashoka Mukpo 24 May 2022

Easing of crackdown sees Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 May 2022

Small-island fishers petition Indonesian president to end coastal dredging

Suryadi 13 May 2022
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

Indonesia cancels fisheries infrastructure projects in Maluku region amid lack of funds

Nurdin Tubaka 11 May 2022
An artisanal fisherman next to a ship in Madagascar.

Murky provenance of a Chinese fleet clouds Madagascar shrimp fishery

Rivonala Razafison 11 May 2022
Fishermen on Lake Victoria.

Boom and bust on Lake Victoria: Q&A with author Mark Weston

John Cannon 10 May 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia

For more fish and healthier coral in Bali, focus on communities and connectivity: Study

Carolyn Cowan 6 May 2022

Ecuador promises more openness of fisheries information under new initiative

Yalilé Loaiza 5 May 2022
Fishermen in a small boat at sea in Koror, Palau.

Scaling Palauan tradition to regional fisheries: Q&A with Noah Idechong

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Apr 2022
China’s distant-water fishing fleet, which operates on the high seas and in other countries’ waters, is far bigger and catches far more seafood than those of other nations.

Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data

Elizabeth Fitt 28 Apr 2022

Troubled waters: A massive salmon farm off the coast of Maine is stalled

Caitlin Looby 25 Apr 2022

Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity

Basten Gokkon 22 Apr 2022

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