Fishing

One case about replacing culverts in Washington state could end up influencing larger decisions about native rights in places like Bears Ears and Standing Rock.

• By Monte Mills

Flares are fired and a flotilla of boats head out of Whitstable Harbour as fishermen take part in a nationwide protest on April 8th, 2018, against the Brexit deal in Whitstable, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Commercial fishing for the tiny crustacean has increased in recent years to supply growing demand for nutritional supplements.

• By Erica Cirino

Scientists, government officials, and industry representatives from around the world are working to improve sea ice forecasting in the Arctic.

• By Gloria Dickie

Anti-pipeline activists find themselves in league with the swamp's Cajun crawfishers as they work to thwart projects by the same company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline.

• By Sophie Yeo

Fishermen row through heavy snowfall as they return to the shores of Lake Ohrid in Pogradec, Albania, on February 27th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Due to increasing threats faced by seafood stocks, a few prominent scientists are advocating for the end of seafood consumption.

• By Erica Cirino

Experts are hoping that new captive breeding programs, replacing harmful fishing practices, could help prevent future harm to coral reef ecosystems.

• By Alastair Bland

A new 16-year ban on commercial fishing will give the world time to develop a sustainable management plan for the region.

• By Bob Berwyn

Environmental groups are following the movements of fishing vessels and sharks to decrease the unintentional killings of the marine predators by fishnets.

• By Matthew O. Berger

A network of protected and locally managed marine areas that began as a tool to ensure food security could also increase Fiji's resilience in the face of climate change.

• By Kate Wheeling

Founder Monica Jain sees an unsustainable industry that's ripe for technological disruption.

• By Ian Evans

A collection of East African nations are working together to curb the economically and environmentally harmful practice.

• By Paul Tullis

California has seen a record-breaking number of whale entanglements over the last three years. Now, the Center for Biological Diversity is suing the state for failing to protect its endangered species.

• By Kate Wheeling

In the Cook Islands, local fishermen fear the arrival of foreign purse seiners could spell doom for fish populations.

• By Rachel Reeves

For decades, we've been underestimating how much food the world's oceans can provide, and how quickly those fish stocks are declining.

• By Kate Wheeling

On land, the fastest-growing animals can adapt quickly to changing environments, but the same advantage doesn't carry over into marine ecosystems.

• By Kate Wheeling

Such predictions could help fisheries prepare for the future.

• By Francie Diep

Our columnist rides along on a halibut-tagging cruise in Alaska.

• By Eva Holland

New research shows that it will take decades for protected reefs to bounce back, but even minor fishing restrictions can have significant benefits for marine ecosystems.

• By Kate Wheeling

Protecting the fish that graze among coral reefs could be one way to save ourselves from rising seas.

• By John Upton

As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland traces the American tradition of examining the outdoors with loving precision, from Henry David Thoreau to Annie Dillard.

• By Eva Holland

Ever year, hundreds of commercial fishermen gather in Astoria, Oregon, to present their poems and talk about an industry in flux.

• By Chris Collision

While sharks, elephant seals, and Pacific bluefin tuna on the great predator highway don’t carry passports, or care about sovereignty, the humans in Washington should care about the languishing Law of the Sea treaty.

• By Lisa Margonelli