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One of the greatest challenges facing our oceans is illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. And a vital tool against this is problem is context-specific fisheries transparency.
Marine governance in New Zealand is fragmented, with several agencies operating under various statutes. But a more collaborative, ecosystem-based approach to better protect the ocean is emerging.
One of the most damaging invasive species in the oceans has breached a major barrier – the Amazon-Orinoco river plume – and is spreading along Brazil’s coast. Scientists are trying to catch up.
The current focus by extra-regional actors is an elite project that undermines a maritime security strategy that would benefit the African people.
Over 100 shark and ray species were recently added to an international treaty, known as the CITES list, to protect them from the threat of unsustainable and illegal trade.
To fish the oceans sustainably, nations must reduce bycatch, or accidental catches. But fishermen often resist changing gear or techniques that kill nontargeted species.
Countries have voted to limit the international shark trade, but this fails to account for the diversity in fishing contexts around the world.
A solution for managing the growing populations of long-spined sea urchins may not be clear at the moment, but there is a path forward.
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
There is only a single mooring managed by French researchers that monitors the impacts of climate change on West African Canary Current.
The declining salmon and whale numbers raise a critical question: Is the southern resident killer whale population solely reliant on the abundance of salmon? And, if so, since when?
Ocean equity will be the key for achieving blue economies in Canada and the world
This event was the world’s worst incidence of mangrove tree deaths in recorded history. These photos show the devastating scale of this disaster.
There is a need for nuanced discussions around the role of fisheries subsidies — even those that may be nominally harmful — to avoid further inequity and marginalization of small-scale fishers.
There is enormous potential to increase the productivity of African fisheries. There is also potential to improve coastal and marine health.
There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.
As nations pledge to preserve swaths of ocean within their territorial waters, a marine scientist explains why some marine protected areas shelter ocean life more effectively than others.
Creating opportunities to meaningfully engage women in governance and decision-making is necessary to achieve gender equality in small-scale fisheries.
You may not have heard of ‘temperate mesophotic ecosystems’, but science is beginning to understand the vital role these ocean zones play – and the need to protect them.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Sustainable Futures, University of St Andrews
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society // CEO MarFishEco Fisheries Consultant Ltd, Heriot-Watt University
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Affiliated Researcher, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Aquatic Resources Development, University of Stirling
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Associate Professor in Ocean Stewardship, Stockholm University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Guelph
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Research Scientist, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies, Oregon State University