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Fishers in San Agapito barangay on Verde Island in Batangas province prepare their nets in September.

Philippines oil spill may reverberate long after cleanup declared complete

Jewel S. Cabrera 13 Dec 2023

Report shines partial light on worst labor offenders in opaque fishing industry

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2023
Roger and Matt store the days catch after a day of reefnet fishing in Legoe Bay, off the shore of Lummi Island Washington.

Last of the reef netters: An Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery

Liz Kimbrough 21 Nov 2023
Salmon attempt to make it up the falls at Bridge River Rapids on the Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia.

Fish out of water: North American drought bakes salmon

Ruth Kamnitzer 20 Nov 2023
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Image by Dr. Jonathan Moore.

To keep track of salmon migrations in real time, First Nations turn to AI

Spoorthy Raman 6 Nov 2023
Two Antarctic fur seals playing at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Amid record melting, countries fail again to protect Antarctic waters

Francesco De Augustinis 30 Oct 2023
Fishermen on a fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea.

Can aquaculture solve the Mediterranean’s overfishing problem?

Francesco De Augustinis 26 Oct 2023
Tuna and bycatch on a purse seiner in East Pacific Ocean.

Report: Half of MSC-certified ‘sustainable’ tuna caught with controversial gear

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2023

Sumatran Indigenous seafarers run aground by overfishing and mangrove loss

Suryadi, Tonggo Simangunsong 23 Oct 2023
A trawler Naoned in the European part of North Atlantic Ocean.

Record North Atlantic heat sees phytoplankton decline, fish shift to Arctic

Juliette Portala 12 Oct 2023

For Indonesia’s Kei islanders, a marine protected area makes perfect sense

Basten Gokkon 4 Oct 2023
Fishermen catch octopus on Beriulou Island.

Indonesian village forms coast guard to protect octopus in Mentawai Islands

Jaka Hendra Baittri 3 Oct 2023
Sperm whales in the Atlantic Ocean.

Seventy-plus nations sign historic high seas treaty, paving way for ratification

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Sep 2023

Fisherwomen fight plan for coastal salt farms on Indonesia’s Madura Island

Moh. Tamimi 22 Sep 2023
Starfish on a tree reef raised out of the water.

Study finds old pear trees make for surprisingly rich reef habitats

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Sep 2023
Christian Adams and Anthony Stofberg with their crew in a fishing boat.

For South Africa’s small fishers, co-ops prove a necessary, but bumpy, step up

Victoria Schneider 31 Aug 2023
Fishermen fishing for crabs in the wild.

As Bangladesh’s crab fishery booms, its wild stocks suffer the fallout

Farhana Parvin 16 Aug 2023

Indonesian illegal shark and ray exports remain rampant amid poor monitoring

Asad Asnawi 8 Aug 2023
A small-scale fisher from Madagascar.

Madagascar signs new ‘sustainable’ tuna deal with the EU

Edward Carver 7 Aug 2023

Scientists: Fishing boats compete with whales and penguins for Antarctic krill

Francesco De Augustinis 19 Jul 2023
The Txori Argi fishing trawler in port.

West African fishers strike for fair wages and ‘respect’ on EU-owned vessels

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Jul 2023

Can Spain keep the rising sea from washing away a critical delta?

Nathan Siegel 5 Jul 2023

Indonesia to expand ‘smart fisheries’ program aimed at empowering communities

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2023

Indonesia to cut tuna harvest in bid for more sustainable fishery

Basten Gokkon 21 Jun 2023
A Maluku fisherman shows his catch of skipjack tuna.

Indonesia looks into tuna farming to boost aquaculture, reduce overfishing

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2023
A purple sea cucumber.

Europe’s top science panel supports call for moratorium on deep-sea mining

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Jun 2023
A green sea turtle.

A Southeast Asian marine biodiversity hotspot is also a wildlife trafficking hotbed

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Jun 2023
Yellowfin tuna catch laid out on leaves.

As one Indian Ocean tuna stock faces collapse, nations scramble to save others

Malavika Vyawahare 29 May 2023

Illegal trawling ravages Tunisian seagrass meadows crucial for fish

Sara Manisera, Davide Mancini, Arianna Poletti 24 May 2023

Study: Indonesia’s extensive network of marine reserves are poorly managed

Basten Gokkon 19 May 2023
Victor Emata, a SEAMANCOR-trained tour guide, rowing a boat.

A Philippine town and its leaders show how mangrove restoration can succeed

Mavic Conde 4 May 2023
Shigeatsu Hatakeyama at a tree-planting festival

Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example

Annelise Giseburt 27 Apr 2023

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