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The vaquita could go extinct this year as totoaba poaching continues to increase

Mike Gaworecki 13 Apr 2016

First round of UN negotiations to regulate high seas fishing concludes

Alexandra Ossola 8 Apr 2016

Watching for Illegal Fishing with Eyes on the Seas

Julia John 14 Mar 2016

End of the line for foreign-made fishing boats in Indonesia?

Cory Rogers 14 Mar 2016

Want to end illegal fishing? Make all ships trackable, say researchers

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

Are prosthetic reefs the answer to Indonesia’s coral die-off?

Melati Kaye 14 Jan 2016

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

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

Remote sensing is leading the way to a more transparent world

Nathan Hahn, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 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

Chile announces one of the largest marine parks in the world off the coast of Easter Island

Mike Gaworecki 6 Oct 2015

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

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Thai junta asked to crack down harder on rogue seafood industry

Sarah Hucal 14 Aug 2015

Filipino fishermen operating illegally in Indonesia’s Sangihe Islands

M Ambari 25 Jun 2015

Have the ‘Bandit 6’ poached their last toothfish in the Southern Ocean?

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2015

Vaquita porpoises down to ‘way less than 100,’ Mexican agents shoot fisherman while enforcing new protected area

Rebecca Kessler 29 May 2015

Indonesia sinks 41 foreign vessels in a single day to counter illegal fishing

Melati Kaye 21 May 2015

Flag states can be held liable for violations of fishing vessels abroad, international tribunal rules

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Hai Fa controversy just a hiccup in Indonesia’s illegal fishing crackdown

Melati Kaye 7 May 2015

Bribery a matter of course for illegal Thai fishing ships in Indonesia

Aseanty Pahlevi 6 May 2015

Thailand, Indonesia join forces against illegal fishing amid EU ultimatum

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2015

A model forest? Regional park balances local needs and conservation

Barbara Fraser 21 Jan 2015

For the first time, Sea Shepherd targets Antarctic toothfish poachers

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2014

Meet the world’s most wanted environmental criminals

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2014

Officials bust one of the biggest players in illegal Indonesian manta ray trade

Paul Hilton 1 Oct 2014

Illegal lobster fishermen slammed with over $50 million penalty

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2012

World failing to meet promises on the oceans

Jeremy Hance 14 Jun 2012

Carnage in Komodo: world-famous reef destroyed by poachers’ bombs

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2012

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