Rethinking ropes: Can ropeless fishing gear end whale entanglements?
Ropeless fishing gear can prevent whale entanglements and reduce the amount of discarded or lost fishing equipment but the cost is a limiting factor.
From reporting apps to floating traps: How technology tackles ghost fishing
The global ghost fishing problem has negative environmental and economic impacts, but new technology could help locate and retrieve lost fishing gear.
Can a data-sharing tool eliminate IUU fishing and make seafood supply chains more reliable?
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s new data-sharing tool helps users identify environmental risks and eliminate IUU fishing in seafood supply chains.
Study: Climate change is likely ‘suffocating’ the world’s fisheries
A new study indicates the ocean is losing oxygen due to climate change, greatly affecting fisheries and other marine resources.
Increasingly frequent and costly, marine heatwaves are testing the resilience of fisheries and aquaculture
Marine heatwaves have already caused severe losses for seafood, but in some cases, the industry may see some benefits from these events.
Newly established Global Fishing Index says nearly half of global fish stocks overfished – but is it right?
The decline in fish populations is "far worse" than previously estimated, according to the Global Fishing Index, a new assessment of fish stocks. One noted expert, however, disagrees.
Fisheries economic performance is ultimately limited by primary production
Quantifying a direct link between primary production and fisheries economic performance apprises ecosystem overfishing limits, economic consequences.
Sustainability status of data-limited fisheries: Global challenges for snapper and grouper
Developing alternative sources of information could help determine the status of snapper and grouper fisheries, as well as other data-limited fisheries.
The hidden cost of ghost gear lost by fishing and aquaculture
Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear can inflict damage on marine life and the ocean, but what's the economic cost of ghost gear?
Conservation groups: No time for tepid action on tuna
Compiled by Conservation International and other technical agencies, a recent report quantifies the impact of climate change on tuna fisheries.
Bangladesh moves to protect threatened sharks and rays
With sharks and rays critically endangered, the government of Bangladesh has amended legislation to reduce the extinction risk of the species.
Ocean mining’s energy potential could put global fisheries at risk
Interest in ocean mining is growing, but hundreds of scientists warn that impacts may devastate existing marine industries, including fisheries.
One ocean: Data drives effective fisheries management
Comparing fisheries of varying scale requires context, but when it comes to effective fisheries management, only one tool levels the field: data.
Environmental groups urge UK fleet to achieve ‘climate smart’ fisheries
Three environmental NGOs publish “Shifting Gears” report to push post-Brexit UK fisheries to address climate impacts.
Effects of aquaculture on China’s marine fisheries over the past 30 years
First evaluation of statistical data on aquaculture development effects on marine wild fisheries and contributions to their sustainable management.
Bottom trawling linked to high greenhouse gas emissions in MPA-supporting study
A study touts marine protected areas and bottom trawling bans, but its methods and conclusions are questioned by fellow researchers and fishers.