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The world’s freshwater fishes are under ever increasing threat, with one in three already threatened with extinction, according to a report published by 16 global conservation organizations. Freshwater fisheries provide the main source of...
UK researchers have developed a cheap and simple way of creating biofuel and fertiliser from seaweed, whilst removing plastic from the oceans and cleaning up tourist beaches in the Caribbean and Central America. Millions...
If temperatures increase by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, there is a high probability of losing cod breeding grounds, according to a new study by experts at the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre...
Last week, the European Union, Canada, China, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Korea and the US signed a historic international agreement banning unregulated commercial fishing in the Arctic high seas. Together, they represent...
Eight of the world’s largest seafood companies have signed on to 10 sustainability goals to improve ocean stewardship. They will also create a new global initiative connecting fisheries, scientists and business leaders. Seafood industry...
Fishermen along the Atlantic coast in the northeastern United States are bringing in bigger and bigger catches of herring. But their fellow fishermen who specialise in tuna are concerned, as are environmentalists. As John...
The development of two dams on the Lower Mekong River in Laos could have a devastating impact on one of the world’s most productive rivers. 60 million people depend on the river for food...
The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) has welcomed a revised and improved sustainable fisheries standard. The standard, published this week by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), lifts conservation requirements on fisheries, excludes shark finning on...
