Fast-Growing Fish Are Hit Hardest by Overfishing
On land, the fastest-growing animals can adapt quickly to changing environments, but the same advantage doesn't carry over into marine ecosystems.
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Predicting How Sea Animals Will React to Climate Change
Such predictions could help fisheries prepare for the future.
Tag and Release: Making Sport Fishing Competitions More Sustainable
Our columnist rides along on a halibut-tagging cruise in Alaska.
A Long Road to Recovery for Coral Reefs
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.
Protect Coral Reefs and They Will Protect Us
Protecting the fish that graze among coral reefs could be one way to save ourselves from rising seas.
Writing From the Woods: Surveying the Literature of Opting Out
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.
When Commercial Fishermen Get Together to Recite Poetry
Ever year, hundreds of commercial fishermen gather in Astoria, Oregon, to present their poems and talk about an industry in flux.
LOST at Sea
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.
Breeding Tropical Fish to Save Their Schools
For every tropical fish that becomes a pet, four are killed. Joan Holt wants to take the violence out of their world.
Can Farmed Fish Flourish on a Veggie Diet?
It’s a fish-eat-fish world out there, which is bad news for ailing fisheries providing feedstock for aquaculture. If only some key dinner-table species were vegetarians, smaller fish would be spared.