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Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015

Crab fishermen train as first responders for entangled whales

Kim Smuga-Otto 24 Nov 2015
Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the future site of the hydroelectric dam. The falls will be flooded in 2017. Photo by Amina Schartup.

New dams may expose Canadian seafood consumers to higher levels of neurotoxin

Emily Benson 23 Nov 2015

Trouble in paradise: Wakatobi’s ‘sea gypsies’ adjust to life in a marine park

Melati Kaye 20 Nov 2015

After the NGOs: can Wakatobi National Park survive on its own?

Melati Kaye 18 Nov 2015
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015

Galapagos “gold rush” feeds global hunger for shark fins, sea cucumbers

Sean Mowbray 5 Nov 2015

Mystery whale known only from specimens found living in the wild

Rebecca Kessler 3 Nov 2015

Dare to explore the spookier side of nature

Brittany Stewart 31 Oct 2015

Cuba moves to protect sharks

Mongabay 26 Oct 2015

Humans are ‘super-predators’: unique and unsustainable

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Oct 2015

Poor management ails endangered Boeseman’s Rainbowfish aquaculture

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

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
Schooling bluefin tuna. Photo by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/ Danilo Cedrone.

Hungry planet: targeted fish populations cut in half since 1970

Jeremy Hance 23 Sep 2015

Shrinking Indonesian shark fisheries spur a national action plan

Melati Kaye 20 Aug 2015

Hunted orcas spotlight Caribbean whaling

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2015

Arctic countries prohibit commercial fishing in North Pole

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2015

Three dead in three weeks: a blow for endangered right whales

Rebecca Kessler 4 Aug 2015

Live slow, decline fast: ‘speed of life’ may explain tuna population declines

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2015

Does fishing make corals sick?

Sandhya Sekar 20 Jul 2015

Russia bans driftnet fishing, a reprieve for seabirds and marine mammals

Rebecca Kessler 10 Jul 2015

Filipino fishermen operating illegally in Indonesia’s Sangihe Islands

M Ambari 25 Jun 2015

Top canned tuna brands rank worst in destructive fishing practices

Taryn Farber 17 Jun 2015

Photos: periodic closure of fishing grounds boosts octopuses and helps coastal communities

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jun 2015

Lack of stock data and incentives to collect it stymie Indonesian tuna fisheries on path to sustainability

Melati Kaye 17 Jun 2015

Population of Maui’s dolphins slips below 50

Rebecca Kessler 5 Jun 2015

How to solve the global fish crisis? Ban fishing on the high seas

Sandhya Sekar 22 May 2015

Fisheries in developing countries stall on the path to sustainability

Rebecca Kessler 8 May 2015

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 24 Apr 2015

Ocean contributes $2.5 trillion to economy annually

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2015

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