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Mekong giant catfish

‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan

Carolyn Cowan 9 May 2023
Lilia Java at Lake Tarapoto.

Indigenous women in Colombia protect rich Amazonian wetland from overfishing

Astrid Arellano 20 Apr 2023
Farah Obaidullah holds a fish on a fishing boat.

Bringing the ocean’s vast ‘awesomeness’ to light: Q&A with Farah Obaidullah

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2023
A manta ray.

‘Manta grid’ provides a ray of hope against industrial bycatch threat

Edward Carver 27 Mar 2023

When a red snapper is more than just a fish: Q&A fisheries scientist Elle Wibisono

Basten Gokkon 22 Mar 2023

Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Mar 2023

Rule change sees foreign investors back in Indonesia’s fisheries scene

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2023
A silky shark.

As U.N. members clinch historic high seas biodiversity treaty, what’s in it?

Elizabeth Fitt 8 Mar 2023

Will new bottom trawling rules do enough to protect South Pacific seamounts?

Edward Carver 7 Mar 2023

Indonesian fisheries fee change promises more revenue, but likely also more violations

Basten Gokkon 4 Mar 2023
Yellowfin tuna. Image by Ellen Cuylaerts / Ocean Image Bank.

Fishing industry transparency is key for a thriving ocean (commentary)

Steve Trent 3 Mar 2023
Fishermen at dawn heading out onto Lake Turkana to try their luck for the day. Image by Kang-Chun Cheng.

Herders turn to fishing in the desert amid severe drought, putting pressure on fish population

Kang-Chun Cheng 28 Feb 2023

Experts pushing for high-seas fishing ban win ‘Nobel Prize for environment’

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2023
Frozen albacore tuna on a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. grocery chains flunk sustainability, human rights tests for tuna sourcing

Monica Evans 21 Feb 2023

End of the tuna FAD? Indonesia hopes so, but EU isn’t giving up just yet

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2023

Costa Rica announces ban on fishing of hammerhead sharks

Maxwell Radwin 10 Feb 2023

Critics allege EU’s ‘toxic collusion’ with fishing lobbies is damaging Indian Ocean tuna

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Feb 2023
Blacktip sharks and remoras.

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Cassie Freund 6 Feb 2023
A southern stingray.

Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Feb 2023
Drone view of a salmon farm.

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

Francesco De Augustinis 26 Jan 2023
Thai reefer Precious 9.

Study aims to unmask fishing vessels, and owners, obscured by loopholes

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Jan 2023

Mexico dismantles illegal fishing cartels killing off rare vaquita porpoise

Maxwell Radwin 5 Jan 2023

Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2022

Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2022
A manta ray.

Strong marine protected areas credited with manta ray surge in Indonesia

Cassie Freund 22 Dec 2022
Transplanting coral reefs.

From bombs to seasonal closure, Indonesian fishers move toward sustainability

Wahyu Chandra 21 Dec 2022
The developers on Koh Toteung smothered the island's corals in sand while creating an artificial beach in June 2022.

Island shopping: Cambodian officials buy up the Cardamoms’ coast

Gerald Flynn｜Andy Ball｜Vutha Srey 16 Dec 2022
The Long Xing 621, one of DOF’s boats, hauls up a shark.

Dalian Ocean Fishing, subject of Mongabay probe, now sanctioned by U.S.

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Dec 2022
A school of fish.

Tech companies work to make fishing, aquaculture more sustainable

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Dec 2022
A shark with remoras.

Shark-fishing gear banned across much of Pacific in conservation ‘win’

Philip Jacobson 8 Dec 2022

‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat

Philip Jacobson and Basten Gokkon 2 Dec 2022
Two sand sea cucumbers.

Fishers in Flores Sea opt to limit harvest of overexploited sea cucumbers

Wahyu Chandra 28 Nov 2022

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