Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch. The new estimate, released... Read more
The Alaska salmon fishery is touted as one of the best in the world. When measured with an ecological yardstick, it is — fish stocks are healthy and the fishery is certified by the Mar... Read more
Conservation scientists say there needs to be a new approach to protecting offshore marine reserves. Illegal fishing in marine reserves will be a major focus at the IUCN World Parks Congress... Read more
The results from a set of international studies may now revolutionise fishing regulations. Many popular measures to combat overfishing help conserve mostly small juvenile fish. The results f... Read more
The work demonstrates how extinction and overfishing threats from multispecies fisheries can be identified decades before valuable species are over-harvested and populations decline Threats... Read more
Recently, the New York Times Green Blog described how two major Southern California fisheries (kelp and barred sand bass) had collapsed “right under the noses of management agencies.” The ma... Read more
Securing the critical contribution of wild fish stocks to food and nutrition security in the developing world depends on better governance and management of the fisheries sector. Fish is a k... Read more
Study helps nations plan for protein alternatives as fisheries decline A new study co-authored by the Wildlife Conservation Society identifies countries most vulnerable to declining coral re... Read more
Rebuilding global fisheries would make them five times more valuable while improving ecology, according to a new University of British Columbia study, published today in the online journal P... Read more
The effects of climate change, such as coral bleaching, become slow-motion disasters, with knock-on effects for years For Tim McClanahan, a zoologist studying fisheries, what happened in Ken... Read more
These results show us that fisheries can be both highly productive and sustainable In the search for sustainability of the ocean’s fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising pla... Read more
Co-management partnerships are having considerable success A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and other groups on more than 40 co... Read more
Of all the sea’s many problems, overfishing should be the most fixable. ACIDIFICATION, warming, the destruction of coral reefs: the biggest problems facing the sea are as vast, deep a... Read more