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Climate change and overfishing are depleting global fish stocks with clear implications for the food security future of billions of people.
Students learned not just a practical outdoor skill, but how to explain what they were learning to curious observers.
Increased interest in recreational fishing with drones has led to concern about its environmental and social impact.
Communities along the bank of the dam have been victims of injustice since the early 1960s.
Blood isn’t sterile, and analyzing the bacteria in it could help assess the health of fish and prevent the collapse of their populations.
Environmental degradation of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is causing poverty as well as food insecurity, increased crime and conflict.
The first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems reveals an urgent need to address climate change. The summary for policymakers can guide decision-makers.
Scalloped hammerheads pose no risk to us – but we pose enormous risk to them. Our discovery of a large new aggregation gives us an opportunity to protect these animals.
A new ocean treaty could redirect the unsustainable fishing practices that were happening on the high seas to coastal African nations.
As oceans warm, Canada’s marine protections system looks woefully inadequate. New monitoring systems and flexible governance can help Canada protect the areas most likely to have the greatest impact.
Across the continent, diverse, adaptable fishing practices, recipes and rituals were a cornerstone of Indigenous life at the time of first contact – and many remain so to this day.
Founded in 1959, the membership group Trout Unlimited has changed the culture of fly-fishing and mobilized members to support conservation. Could its approach work for other social problems?
If ASEAN demands its member nations try to stop illegal and unregulated fishing, but without requiring matching financial commitments, we will continue to lose the battle against illegal fishing.
Freshwater megafish numbers have fallen by 94%, according to one study.
Having a flexible and adaptable management system is necessary to sustainably manage fisheries, especially in times of a rapidly changing climate.
When you buy seafood, you can’t be sure it is what it says it is – and Australian wholesalers are resistant to new traceability technologies.
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
Top contributors
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior research fellow, Marine Biological Association
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Professor of Complex Systems and Environmental Policy, Bournemouth University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate professor in marine biology, Swansea University
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, UCL
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Chief Scientist, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Singapore Management University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer Environmental Marine Science, University of Hull
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
