A bewildering array of laws and regulations cover species and ecosystems in Canada, making their protection inadequate.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Overfishing
Displaying 41 - 60 of 116 articles
Indigenous marine governance is experiencing a revival throughout Oceania, building on traditional worldviews that acknowledge connections between people and all parts of ocean ecosystems.
Sharks grow slowly and produce few young compared to bony fishes. In many cases, this means that their populations are fished out faster than can be replenished if not well managed.
Seabirds journey vast distances across the Earth’s seascapes to find food and to breed. This means their biology, particularly their breeding success, can reveal what’s happening in our oceans.
In the design of marine protected areas, new research suggests that it might be better to start small in order to gain local trust and support that leads to larger long-term benefits.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government did not have a perfect environmental record. But at least things were starting to change.
A high seas treaty could help rebuild populations – but time is running out.
The Pacific Ocean produces oxygen, helps regulates the weather, provides food and livelihoods. It’s a place of fun, solace and spiritual connection. But its delicate ecology is under threat.
An international agreement has set an ambitious deadline for action on some of the biggest problems facing the world’s oceans.
Marine fish could serve as a crucial global emergency food supply in times of crisis, if marine ecosystems were in a healthy state to start with.
Most existing MPAs are in distant and largely empty waters. Expanding them where it counts will meet a lot of resistance.
More than 280 women in STEMM call for a marine protected area to be established in the waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula.
The latest incident highlights a mismatch between ocean law and marine ecosystems.
Between 1986 and 2016, Kenya lost about 21 of its seagrasses.
Everyone who cares about marine biodiversity, fish, fishers, coastal communities and fishing industry workers of today and tomorrow must push for the end of fisheries subsidies.
Empatheatre’s latest production is more than a play about three characters who live near the sea. It’s a model for collective consultation on how to save the ocean.
Scientists were struggling to keep track of illegal fishing in international waters and the seabirds it threatened. Then they had an idea.
Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.
A combination of flawed science and over-optimism meant experts misinterpreted the data that helped calculate estimates of cod stocks back in 2017.
As the oceans warm, fish are moving to stay in temperature zones where they have evolved to live. This is helping some species, hurting others and causing a net reduction in potential catch.
Top contributors
-
Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
-
Faculty Research Associate in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
-
Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
-
Affiliated Researcher, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
-
Postdoctoral research fellow in Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
-
Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
-
Professeur et Chaire de recherche du Canada en écologie halieutique, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
-
Professor, Program Director of Stretton Institute, Program Director of Environment Insitute, University of Adelaide
-
Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide
-
Lecturer, University of St Andrews
-
Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation, Bournemouth University
-
Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Southampton
-
Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
-
Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Exeter
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
