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Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017
A tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Bahamas. Photo by Bethany Augliere.

Will banning trade in fins help endangered sharks? Some experts say no

Ula Chrobak and Sukee Bennett 21 Jul 2017

Seafood giant Thai Union commits to clean up supply chains following pressure campaign

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

Protecting fish and fishers: Economists say catch shares work

Matthew P. Reed 29 Jun 2017

‘The ones we named are all dead now’: dolphins and fishers struggle to survive in Myanmar

Kayla Walsh 13 Jun 2017
Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Photo by Greg Asner/www.Divephoto.org.

Can marine reserves help counteract climate change?

Kim Smuga-Otto 8 Jun 2017

Vaquita survival hinges on stopping international swim bladder trade

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Reef Market Economy: Energetics key to keeping fish in the sea and the store

Caitlin Looby 1 Jun 2017

To help stop illegal fishing, ban practice of transshipment on high seas, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2017

Murky future for freshwater fish in the Amazon floodplains

Caitlin Looby 7 Apr 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

Fish magnet boom creates headaches in Indonesia’s war on overfishing

Mike Cronin 9 Feb 2017

Giant catfish clocks longest ever freshwater migration

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Feb 2017

New maps show how our consumption impacts wildlife thousands of miles away

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2017

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Dec 2016

Scientists say current plan to protect the vaquita will not save the species

Mike Gaworecki 4 Nov 2016

Is it time for a moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna?

Mike Gaworecki 26 Oct 2016

Study suggests commercial fishing depletes key nutrients in coral reefs

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2016

$48 million fund to help expand marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Sep 2016

High seas treaty negotiations ended at UN last week with boost from IUCN Conservation Congress

Mike Gaworecki 14 Sep 2016

Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink illegal foreign fishing boats: minister

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2016

Amid illegal fishing crackdown, Indonesia to buoy legal catch

Cory Rogers, M Ambari 30 Jun 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom

Cory Rogers 2 Jun 2016

Hard labor in India’s fisheries: an interview with researcher Divya Karnad

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

Last best place on earth: Who will save the Caribbean’s great coral reef?

Justin Catanoso 14 Apr 2016

Half of World Heritage Sites threatened by ‘harmful industrial activities’, new report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Apr 2016

First round of UN negotiations to regulate high seas fishing concludes

Alexandra Ossola 8 Apr 2016

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