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To ensure overall biodiversity, the intensity and impact of small-scale fisheries' methods needs far more attention.
The current system drives social injustice and environmental destruction, a new approach to address both is called for.
With strategic planning, the marine protected area network could be a third smaller, cost half as much, and still meet the international target of protecting 10% of every ecosystem.
The overwhelming majority of recreational fishers support no-fishing marine sanctuaries.
With proper regulation, Lake Victoria's fisheries could increase production without damaging wild stocks or the environment.
Hazardous professions including agriculture and heavy engineering are already having to find ways to adapt.
A few decades ago Boston Harbor was one of the nation's dirtiest water bodies. Now, healthier fish in the harbor underscore that a multibillion-dollar cleanup has succeeded.
Much of the money for wildlife conservation in the United States comes from taxes and fees paid by sportsmen. But as fewer Americans take up hunting, wildlife managers need other funding sources.
Beginning on Saturday, West Australia's short, intense abalone season will be open for a total of four hours.
The ongoing Brexit negotiations have provided no certainty or clarity to the industry.
Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
A recent study found that 55% of the world’s oceans are fished, but a simple number can't tell the whole story.
An effort to increase such areas can pose a particular threat to island overseas territories.
A new tool called EcoCast helps fishermen in the West Coast figure out where it's best to fish that day.
The New South Wales government has turned its back on plans to create sanctuary zones covering 2.4% of waters around Sydney, despite evidence that these 'no-take' areas are crucial for protecting fish.
A recent summit in Ottawa on what's known as agroecology has shown that more equitable and sustainable methods of producing food are not only possible, they're beginning to spread around the world.
Urgent measures need to be adopted to prevent corruption linked to illegal fishing activity in and around Lake Victoria.
Confrontation between French and British scallop fishers goes is a warning about the resource conflicts of the future.
Neither country's fishing fleet has come out of this well.
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
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Honorary Professor, Bangor University
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Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia
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Professor & ARC Future Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence, Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist - Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Stockholm University
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Lecturer in Marine Ecosystem Management, University of York
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer Environmental Marine Science, University of Hull
