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Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

Will fish boom amid pandemic-driven fishing bust?

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2020

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

Climate change makes some fish smaller, and others bigger, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Apr 2020

Pandemic staple: Report links top tuna company to forced labor, illegal fishing

Monica Evans 7 Apr 2020

Sinking feeling for Indonesian fishers as COVID-19 hits seafood sales

Falahi Mubarok, M Ambari 7 Apr 2020

Coronavirus, trawls take a toll on shrimp fishery in Indonesia’s Jambi

Elviza Diana 25 Feb 2020

Small steps aim to make a large ocean safer for rays

Marianne Messina 24 Feb 2020

Investigation reveals loopholes for illegal shark fin exports from Indonesia

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2020

Tuna supply chains under scrutiny as Bumble Bee brand changes hands

Monica Evans 7 Feb 2020

Any illegal fishing going on around here? Ask an albatross

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jan 2020

Philippine study finds microplastics inside a commonly consumed fish

Mongabay.com 23 Jan 2020

Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2020

Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Nov 2019

Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

Laura Villadiego 12 Nov 2019

Facebook and Instagram posts help locate pygmy seahorses in Taiwan

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2019

Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park

Basten Gokkon 4 Nov 2019

Scientists emphasize disease control in booming aquaculture sector

Michelle Carrere 18 Oct 2019

Madagascar: Opaque foreign fisheries deals leave empty nets at home

Edward Carver 9 Oct 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Global fisheries deprive local communities of key nutrients, study finds

Stephen Leahy 26 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 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

Film that fish: Stereo-video speeds surveys of marine fish communities

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 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

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

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019

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

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

Study maps where tunas, sharks and fishing ships meet

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2019

Indonesia investigates mass shark deaths at captive-breeding facility

Jay Fajar, M Ambari 22 Mar 2019

Indonesia’s tuna fisheries seek out sustainability certification

Basten Gokkon 15 Mar 2019

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