Fisheries
Study: Overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
Overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss and climate change have caused a 50 percent decline in shark and ray populations since 1970, study finds.
Fisheries
Metastudy finds large-scale marine protected areas boost tuna populations
A new study finds that large-scale marine protected areas boost tuna populations and catch rates, benefiting both ecosystems and fisheries.
Fisheries
Western Mediterranean fish stocks recovering under EU fisheries management plan
A new report shows the Western Mediterranean fisheries management plan has led to fish stock recovery, with a strong near-term outlook.
Fisheries
ISSF: Nearly 50 percent of tuna stocks are subject to overfishing
The latest ISSF report reveals that nearly half of major tuna stocks successfully avoid overfishing and meet target biomass levels.
Fisheries
How can population genomics help prevent overfishing?
A new five-step plan explains how fisheries can use population genomics to reveal key details, like fish spawning and migration.
Fisheries
UK government embraces high-tech solution to safeguard fish stocks in English waters
Once operational, the UK plans to make Remote Electronic Monitoring technology mandatory for all vessels in five priority fisheries.
Fisheries
Defining and monitoring destructive fishing represents a new era in fisheries policy
Thanks to a new multistakeholder framework, researchers are a step closer to better understanding destructive fishing and addressing its impacts.
Fisheries
Protecting fish and communities should be balanced, concludes study of Marine Protected Areas
A study finds that Marine Protected Areas must be "flexible and responsive" to successfully restore fish stocks without harming communities.
Fisheries
An inverted management strategy allowing limited fishing of endangered marine fish species in marine protected areas
If implemented correctly, endangered species would recover in the larger areas outside MPAs and fishers would benefit from the conservation value.
Fisheries
A review of bycatch in the Antarctic krill trawl fishery
Understanding the significance of bycatch is critical to managing Antarctic krill, a keystone species and the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean.
Fisheries
Study: Marine protected areas unlikely to restore marine ecosystems
A new study has found that marine protected areas are limited in restoring food webs after intensive fishing.
Fisheries
Gaps in the conservation status of the most important fished species of marine fish
IUCN Red List evaluations for commercial fish species must rely on integrating new factors from fisheries sources and cooperation with stakeholders and managers.
Responsibility
U.S. West Coast abalones listed at risk of extinction on the IUCN Red List
All West Coast abalones are now listed as at risk for extinction on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Fisheries
ICCAT adopts modernized fisheries management plan for Atlantic bluefin tuna
Regional fishery management organization adopts modernized fisheries management plan for Atlantic bluefin tuna that could help replenish fish stocks.
Fisheries
Study indicates that IUU fishing makes fishers’ jobs even more dangerous
Commercial fishing has long been one of the most dangerous jobs, and a new study suggests IUU fishing, overfishing and climate change are making it worse.
Fisheries
WTO members agree to curb subsidies that contribute to overfishing
World Trade Organization members have struck an agreement to end subsidies that contribute to overfishing, a decision that took 20 years to reach.