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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

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016
Mahi mahi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia: keep cracking down on illegal fishing, but don’t forget about conservation

Johnny Langenheim 29 Mar 2016

U.S. plan to develop offshore aquaculture stirs dissent

Alexandra Ossola 17 Mar 2016

The week in environmental news – March 11, 2016

Brittany Stewart 12 Mar 2016

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

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

Popular pet fish listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act

Ret Talbot 21 Jan 2016

32 million metric tons of global fish catch goes unreported every year, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2016

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

Melati Kaye 20 Nov 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

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

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

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2015

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

Melati Kaye 17 Jun 2015

Ocean contributes $2.5 trillion to economy annually

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2015

Indonesian ombudsman asks minister to offer fishermen ‘exit strategy’ from seining

Melati Kaye 22 Apr 2015

Overfishing leads to crashes in sardines and other forage fish

Rebecca Kessler 7 Apr 2015

Minister explains sustainability claims behind Indonesia’s boat bombing

Melati Kaye 17 Mar 2015

Human impacts are ‘decoupling’ coral reef ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2015

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