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Reef fish are faring fine in eastern Indonesia, study suggests

Julia John 31 Jul 2019
Fishers on an artificial reef in Jiquilisco Bay. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Bringing back the fish: Q&A with a repentant blast fisherman

Maxwell Radwin 15 Jul 2019
Fishers roll out a red purse-seine net in Mangalore, a major fishing harbor in southwest India. Some of the country’s coastal states are beginning to regulate purse seine fishing boats, especially the size of the net mesh to ensure juvenile fish don’t get caught. Image by Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar.

Rattled by sardine stock crash, India begins regulating its fisheries

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 11 Jul 2019
Luis Gonzalez Benitez lost an arm while blast fishing and now splits his time between using nets and line fishing on the reef. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Salvadoran fishermen ditch blast fishing for artificial reefs

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jul 2019

Ocean currents spin a web of interconnected fisheries around the world

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2019
Fishermen arrange their gear in Tombo. Many local artisanal fishermen supported the recent one-month closure of Sierra Leone’s waters to fishing by industrial vessels. Image by Uzman Unis Bah for Mongabay.

Was Sierra Leone’s one-month fishing ban enough to replenish fish stocks?

Uzman Unis Bah 3 Jul 2019

Healthy reefs, healthy people: Community-based marine conservation in Papua New Guinea (commentary)

Jonathan Booth 7 Jun 2019

Twice as many fishing vessels now, but it’s harder to catch fish

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jun 2019

For artisanal fishers, fish fences are an easy, but problematic, option

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019

New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean

Michelle Carrere 3 Jun 2019

Study suggests MPAs and fisheries closures can benefit highly migratory marine species

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

In Indonesia, bigger catches for a fishing village protecting its mangroves

Aseanty Pahlevi 3 May 2019
A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mobile app encourages Indian fishers to free entangled whale sharks

Vasudevan Sridharan 1 May 2019
A shark catch in Pucusana, Perú. Image courtesy of Oceana.

Weak governance undermines South America’s ocean ecosystems

Michelle Carrere 26 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

World’s fastest shark, and many others, edge toward extinction

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

Indonesia’s tuna fisheries seek out sustainability certification

Basten Gokkon 15 Mar 2019
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

For fisheries activists, Indonesian candidates offer little to work with

Basten Gokkon, Jay Fajar, M Ambari 13 Mar 2019

You’re gonna need a smaller boat: Media obscures shrinking ‘newsworthy’ fish

John Cannon 5 Mar 2019

Marine protected areas are getting SMART (commentary)

Drew T. Cronin, Katherine Holmes, Dayne Buddo 3 Mar 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019

Corruption-riddled caviar trade pushes fish closer to extinction

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2019

What’s in a name? The role of defining ‘wilderness’ in conservation

John Cannon 7 Feb 2019

Marine mammal and sea turtle populations benefitting from Endangered Species Act listing

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2019
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Image by Christopher Brunner/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

2018’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Douglas McCauley, Francis Joyce 24 Dec 2018

Feed a fishery, starve a seabird

Mongabay.com 12 Dec 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

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