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More Indonesian sailors repatriated from deadly Chinese fishing fleet

Basten Gokkon 16 Nov 2020

Breaking: Deaths of 2 more Indonesian crew uncovered on board Chinese tuna fleet

Basten Gokkon, Philip Jacobson 29 Oct 2020

Efforts to tackle shark fin trade need to focus closer to shore, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Oct 2020
Shark fins and Totoaba fish bladders seized by U.S. federal authorities in raids during Operation Apex. Image by U.S. Department of Justice.

Shark fin trafficking ring busted as trade ban comes into effect in Florida

Ashoka Mukpo 28 Sep 2020

Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2020

Sharks nearby? A bottle of seawater can hold the answer, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Aug 2020

Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Aug 2020

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many global reef systems, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Jul 2020

Shark fin stories by major media ‘misleading’: Q&A with David Shiffman

Jimmy Thomson 13 Jul 2020

Mercury with that? Shark fins served with illegal doses of heavy metals

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jun 2020

Mug shots and public pics join the dots of whale sharks’ Southeast Asian trips

Mongabay.com 28 May 2020

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

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

DNA detective work reveals where in the ocean shark fins came from

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

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

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

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

Monica Evans 7 Apr 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

Investigation reveals loopholes for illegal shark fin exports from Indonesia

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2020

Recreational fishers are increasingly targeting sharks and rays, and researchers are concerned

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2020

Photos: Top 15 new species of 2019

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Dec 2019

Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific

Monica Evans 13 Dec 2019

In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2019

Can a national management plan halt Madagascar’s shark decline?

Edward Carver 11 Nov 2019

Education, compensation, and spiritual outreach protect threatened whale sharks

Tariq Engineer 14 Oct 2019

Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2019

With record support, rhino rays and world’s fastest sharks get new trade protections

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2019

Jumping the Shark: The Decline of the North Atlantic’s Shortfin Mako

Megan Stannard 28 Aug 2019

Information is key – but lacking for sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean (commentary)

Dave van Beuningen and Rhett Bennett 18 Jul 2019

Thousands of sharks and rays are likely entangled in plastic polluting Earth’s oceans

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2019
A tourist boat in Donsol joins several others in search of whale sharks. Image by Nina Unlay.

What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?

Nina Unlay 28 Jun 2019

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

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

For migrating songbirds, ‘baby shark’ is more than just an annoying tune

Shreya Dasgupta 22 May 2019

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