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A guaranteed basic income is a promising tool for contributing to sustainability and justice across agriculture and fishing sectors.
The seaweed invasion of parts of the Ghanaian shoreline is affecting coastal inhabitants.
It took almost 20 years. but the world has finally agreed on the so-called High Seas Treaty to better protect marine life in unregulated waters
Over 100 shark and ray species were recently added to an international treaty, known as the CITES list, to protect them from the threat of unsustainable and illegal trade.
Remote islands in the Indian Ocean are now strewn with plastic waste – the origin of this waste has until now not been established.
To fish the oceans sustainably, nations must reduce bycatch, or accidental catches. But fishermen often resist changing gear or techniques that kill nontargeted species.
Understanding when, where and why fishing vessels sometimes turn off their transponders is a key step toward curbing illegal fishing and other crimes on the high seas.
Last summer was the worst for drownings in a decade, with some groups tragically overrepresented. Community groups are urging a change of approach to water safety education.
Countries have voted to limit the international shark trade, but this fails to account for the diversity in fishing contexts around the world.
Fining and jailing Indonesian fishers taking shark fin is a knee-jerk solution. As long as sharks keep vanishing and demand for shark fin soup remains high, illegal fishing will continue.
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
The warming observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is causing upheaval in the balance of the species living there. That is having direct repercussions on the commercial fishing sector.
Standard marine protected areas with fixed boundaries can’t effectively shelter these ocean nomads.
Every year, it’s estimated as many as 24,000 fishers die in fishing vessel accidents. That’s more than 10 times more lives claimed than on merchant ships, carrying cargo or passengers. Why?
A mass die-off of crustaceans occurred on England’s north-east coast last autumn – the government’s explanation of the cause is unlikely to be true.
Facing human threats, Mumbai’s Koli community are taking risk reduction into their own hands – other vulnerable coastal settlements should take note.
Each year, enough fishing line to circle the Earth 18 times is lost at sea. This not only harms marine life, but also the livelihoods of fishers worldwide.
Mega infrastructure projects entrench existing inequalities when they ignore the economic realities of vulnerable groups.
Community plays have become a way for the stories and experiences of slavery survivors to be told and understood in Jamestown, Accra.
Top contributors
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Associate professor, Singapore Management University
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Chief Scientist, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor & ARC Future Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence, Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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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 in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
