Fishing

A recent paper found that rich nations are catching the vast majority of fish, even in the waters of lower-income countries, but doubts about the study's conclusions remain.

• By Alastair Bland

Vietnam either has to change the way it approaches shrimp farming or face the loss of hundreds of hectares of land.

• By Zoe Osborne

A new study looks at how the increased storminess of a warming planet will make an already dangerous job even more deadly.

• By Alastair Bland

Global Fishing Watch, a non-profit group, is using new technology to fill in a major gap in its monitoring data.

• By Alastair Bland

A recent study demonstrates how billions of dollars in government subsidies funds much of the reckless fishing that takes place in international waters.

• By Basten Gokkon

Warming oceans and rising sea levels are harming fish stocks in the west African country, the effects of which are mostly felt by the region's women.

• By Lucia Benavides

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